Yep! Though I have propose 1883 1.04/A.04 and 1883 1.08/A.08 for nomenclature. Though it could just as easily be 1883 1.08/A.02 if the obverse...
Hopes were dashed. I received the coin today and it's definitly the thin planchet. The edge has dings and what looks like letters, but they are...
No. Each die is a variety which then passes though die States/Stages which are often identifiable. But the die variety is tied to the die, not the...
Errors and mistakes come in at every point from the making of the hub to the transference of the hub to the individual dies to the striking of the...
I appreciate your taking the time to look. Let me know if you recall the name of the technique. I'm certain to take it to a jeweler and check the...
Perhaps this might help: [ATTACH]
I agree it's not the die. But sometimes there is an issue with something on the die during the striking of the coin like polish which has not been...
Thank you for your help.
Does anybody else see what looks to me like an overstrike? I took a chance on this because it's eerily similar to the NC-2 which was overstruck on...
I believe you are right about the reverse being the same, the spec at the 3 being PMD or foreign material on the coin. But the oddity at the tip...
Coming from an Early Large Cent background, I do use State to encompass both events. The reasoning is that there is a sequence to the emission...
I just picked this up to string along my sequence. Now S-141, NC-5 and S-142. The other two are holed and this S-141 has it's own problems, but...
Well my first love will always be Early Large Cents, but the Shield nickels have me intrigued. This means There should be about 150 dies for 1883...
I assume the variations in dies from the same hubs can only be distinguished after wear or injury to those dies making early die states virtually...
I found this on eBay which looks like the same obverse die, but not the same reverse die. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
https://www.cointalk.com/search/2578790/?page=2
That is an excellent starting point for NGC grading based on wear. Now the more difficult part is determining how much difference there is in the...
I posted just a bit ago with this same dilemma, but with a less attractive piece. The Best indicator on one with roughness at B/H (really a 170...
I had to go out of town yesterday and lost this eBay bid while gone. It is labeled, and probably properly so, a S-242. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My...
I've found two examples on Heritage Auction Archives. One is described as a 76a Unlettered (VF30) 1/13/2005 and the other as S-76b on a thick...
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