I think he was pulling your leg.
The local paper had an article on this the other day. These are now on display at the Huntington branch in Brooklyn, Ohio. (a suburb of...
Don't know what die fill is. The first one is machine doubling on the P. The second one looks like small die chips.
There is a '64D in the Cherrypickers guide that looks somewhat like yours but their pic isn't the greatest and I'm not sure if it's a match. You...
In fact there are a couple three of them. If you and the OP care to check. Look here.http://www.coppercoins.com/advsearch.php
And a recent cherrypick. I haven't had it attributed yet but i'm fairly certain its FS 1951D-101.
Nice seateds log. :thumb: This one came today.
Yep, they don't make them like they used to. I remember reading some of the committees comments when they were considering designs for the WTC...
Here's a tip folks. If you wait to pick untill after this weekends games, the picking will be easier.:devil:
To a degree, I think that ancient coins of a certain rarity should be in museums in the country of their origin. But for the US government to...
Here's a site that gives some info on doubling, if you haven't found it yet.http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/OtherFormsOfDoubling.htm
Machine doubling on the nickel. The quarter? Looks like someone was trying to make an ashtray.
I thought I was watching the Blair Witch Project again. :smile The '63 looks like it might have a die chip on the 6.
Outstanding find. Did you get it in change?
The '55 is the famous "poor mans doubled die". Some people will pay a buck or two for it but it's nothing more than machine doubling. The red one...
That looks like a die break. Not much value but a neat one to keep. Edit: What diggit said. Too slow on the draw.:o
Maybe they're fakes and he has more than one of them.
It's still a neat clash, you don't find them very often with the lettering showing up like that.
To the OP. In your pic there's a mark in the bay to the left of the bay with the Y in it. Is that mark raised or is it incuse too?
It's hard to tell sometimes in pics what's in relief and what's incuse. Some pics that you see where you absolutely know the design is in relief...
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