Dadgummit. Mixing golf up with coin science.
I would not expect any luster absent surface contact with the dies.
If this definition is used, then I have to be careful not to use die break and die crack interchangeably as I do now. A die break would be the...
I think you are reading it the same way I do. I had thought it was pre-strike flaking, but the point was well made that a pre-strike flaking would...
It still comes down to your believing the questions have been settled and if anyone doesn't agree with you, they are wrong. Maybe it's true and...
I'll take 10 at that price. Oh? I can't get them? I can get two for the price from the sweetheart insider network that gets ten for what I pay for...
Here is an 11 year old thread post from GDJMSP. Terminology is a never ending struggle. "For as long as I can remember there have been knock...
For a brief time (1965-1967), the Mint stopped placing mintmarks on coins and also stopped production of Proof Sets at Philadelphia as well as...
I've been collecting for a while. I remember when a neighbor first told me she had a brand new 1968 cent with a D. I told her it couldn't be,...
I wish I could stop, but I never started. I'm still upset that a Government Agency is promoting this insider manufacturing and trading CRAP. It...
Just CANCEL the Mint. It no longer serves the Public and is just another corrupt public agency manufacturing trinkets to friends for a lower cost...
With the sharp strike, I suspect it would have a technical grade of an MS and it compares favorably with MS62 and MS63 photos on Heritage. So a...
Most of my finds are posted here. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/attribute-this.288976/page-73#post-7586823 While most involve attribution,...
Before leaving this thread, I want to thank those that price Mint Damage as PMD. I have purchased some real bargains because of this.
I'm afraid they're destined to go the way of Breen, Crosby/Levik, Frosard, Doughty, Crosby and McGirk numbers.
Marketing campaign to sell catalogues?
A lamination is a planchet issue, a CUD is a die issue as is a crack, a strike-through is a striking issue and a mount is PMD. This is a planchet...
Traditionally, coins with mint damage are treated very differently than coins with Post mint damage. They often have a premium in common and...
I hate snobbish behavior. They would hate my pitiful collection. They are not worthy of having such a special coin.
I always appreciate your thoughts. To anybody else reading this, I trust Conder's analysis even more than my own. He is a true numismatist at the...
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