Bronson, the 4 images you gave of the mintmark in your first post #1 was more than sufficient to say it was not a repunched mintmark. Ordinary...
I agree with Paddy, but see it as XF (EF)
I thought from reading someplace that the Sigma used ultrasonic waves , and the transducer sure looked like a probe I have seen in a disassembled...
From the Sigma webpage: ...."Reads the metal bulk—not coatings and plating."
Well, lets up the sophistication and spend close to a million to get a combo that can really tell a silver or gold coin from an imitation. First...
I vote for die deterioration.
This is a single squeeze die produced coin, and the mint mark was on the die, so it can not be a repunched mint mark in the traditional sense, so...
The difference is only 0.1x10(-8) ohm per meter, so the ohm meter must be of high sensitivity, and the surface of the coins would have to be...
And soon, "Hey you experts, how much is my signed Pawn Stars coin worth I paid $200 for it on ebay!!"
Paddy using your image from post #1, let me give my reasons why I do not believe this is a DD. In that era, dies were made by more than one...
I suggest you guys quit drinking the stuff you distill in old old radiators :)
In those times, there were many hand graveurs, professionals who if they wished to play with coins could add mint marks by drilling a small hole...
Be cautious. Threads on this subject comes about every 4 years, and usually ends with some members taking 'vacations' as they jumped into politics...
Hmmm, similar posts at about the same time :)
It is quite possible that some banks have 2 tiers of coin exchange. For businesses or account holders that pay for the specific bulk coin service...
I won't jump in until Rick gets a chance.
Next one to list B/S/T in a general forum will be gone. !!Read the rules!!
I believe that Americans are more likely to sell their country short economical survival wise than to look deeply at other countries directions,...
You might be interested in this old thread of mine ( almost 8 years ago, before I spent most of my time now as a mod :( ). It is about my...
The coin has the reverse elevation as the coin's die surface after striking ,so the left leg would be deeper into the die ( more protected from...
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