I'm in the broad struck group too here's why I always Cruise all the broad strike error ref sites if you look under broad struck coins there's an...
Thanks Philologus! I really like that squared flan of yours - and perfectly centered too. Thanks also for the info about obverse/reverse. I'll...
Nice specimen @The Meat man! Congrats! It's one of my favorite Herodian types. Unfortunately extant examples are usually significantly...
...letter D with the usual abbreviation mark for the last two missing letters. We thus have a true cruciger monogram, well outlined. The circular...
...to it being well struck at the top of the O of ONE, which is the area for the usual companian weak spot, and the area size of the missing letters.
...found in the consulted literature. But there would be missing letters and the coin itself is a bit larger, with smaller designs..... I think...
This is a very commonly encountered issue. You can tell by looking at other examples of the same type. Maybe not from the exact same dies, but the...
And there you have it. The EXACT reason I will never be able to collect ancients. What you just wrote, is explained perfectly below..... [IMG]
Let me repost that coin and its description. I was about to try to explain something to Randy about it, and ended up getting confused myself!...
Yeah call me paranoid but I wouldn't trust that unless my own mother had it on a Sigma tester in front of me. From a distance the shiniest one in...
...everyone, Just found this cool 2008 D Alaska Quarter with missing letters on the Obverse. The quarter is missing the E in WE and the T at the...
I've tried to isolate my Gold coin shipments, but another has gone, and recovery attempts appear futile. I just accept current reality as the...
Yeah it was probably a inside job,porch pirates have bee increasing also. Really sucks for the purchaser,if it was me I'd definitely drive or fly...
Another major theft within the US Postal Service . . . [IMG] INVESTIGATING AGENCY: USPS REPORT NUMBER: N/A TYPE OF INCIDENT: POSTAL THEFT...
Thank you JL for responding. In examining the list of known varieties, I indicated that Type 14 was closest in the design elements, inscriptions...
...always referring to variations in the legends, added/missing letters, symbols and punctuation. Maybe this could be case here? I think as long...
Studying your link and my coin now, finally have the time. I thought this part was interesting: I am looking at each section trying to find all...
[ATTACH] AE 19 mm, 5.61 g, 12 h. Obv.: head of a young diademed king to right The standing deity on rev. holds what is obviously a sceptre...
Kinda unique
So cool
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