What he said. I subscribe to what Yogi Berra had to say about prognostication. "It's very difficult to make predictions.......especially about...
No there is no silver in the '71 proofs. According to Brian Allen and Ken Potter in their book, Strike It Rich With Pocket Change, there is a...
That's fine, if that's the reason you want to collect them, and you do it solemnly and quietly I don't have a problem with that. It's when people...
I'm not sure your post was supposed to be sarcastic but mine sure as heck was. I didn't put in a :rolleyes: because I didn't think it was necessary.
A sad and tragic tale indeed. I feel terrible for your unfortunate and heart rending loss of profit on the upcoming anniversary.
Yep it was lathed. It looks like it had something glued in there that fell out. What you need to do now is machine an obverse of a 1958 Lincoln to...
Maybe this will illustrate. Think of this as a side view sectional of the die. In the upper right is where the piece of the die broke off. The...
The piece of the die that breaks off will usually sink down below the rest of the die. You can only go by what the coin says. The part that's...
Collar clashes maybe?
Remember, when it's raised on the coin, it's lower on the die. The reason the part of the wheat stalk is obliterated is because that part of the...
So they did something stupid and made the SBA dollar too close in size and appereance to the quarter and the public was justified in not accepting...
My thought is it's a retained cud. I borrowed your pic to circle what I think is a piece of the outer perimeter of the die. After the die broke...
I think what you're seeing is the effect of differences in the lighting between the two coins. I'd bet if you compared the coins in hand or retake...
Maybe this could be of help.
It looks like a good one to me Ken. Note the Blakesly effect on the rim directly opposite the clip by the word trust.
There's one in use in this film I believe. It's at about 7 or 8 minutes in.http://www.cointalk.com/t190921/
I'm sure they are in Michigan, they're here in Ohio. You don't see them very often and if they're in shrubbery or bushes they are well camouflaged...
I was going to ask the very same question. Looks like a place keep in mind when in N.O.
Do you care to share with any of us where the fountain of youth is?
Lookin' good! Ya know though, if you keep adding to it, you're going to have to get a bigger table.:D
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