As most of us know, many of our new fellow enthusiasts discover coins that look odd or seem to defy logic (e.g., worn on one side but not the...
Good process, @dimeguy, but it is die pair #2. To your point, as coins begin to show some wear they are harder to distinguish. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] This should be an interesting thread. Here are a couple shots of my 1922. Mine is in VF condition. What pairing is this?
Take the glasses off and keep dreaming happy thoughts!!
Kind of looks like a berm on the bridge of the nose/lips. Harder to say from my phone screen.
I was thinking about the arbitrary population in the article. That may be a high guesstimate. I haven’t kept track of how many 1975Ds I’ve come...
I was in the process of washing my coins prior to the dryer - [ATTACH]
speaking of which I PMed him a few times over the past couple of months with no luck. Hoping he’s on a break.
Just a note to the newbies: there is a 1943 with a die gouge in the same general area. Be sure of what you have in hand.
I researched this a while back but didn’t note the population numbers being offered. Would be interesting to find out.
I think Jim’s specimen is still a collectible variety and while not the highest D, population will dictate the premium. Maybe there are fewer and...
MD - flat-shelflike. Some play in the die/equipment causing damage at the end of the stroke.
Anyone who CRHs will note that this is a very difficult find in the wild. The coin carries a better premium than most Jefferson nickels, even...
He wrote a couple of books in the 1990s, The Great Boom Ahead and The Roaring 2000s. His predictions there were generally right and as a...
As noted by our fellow enthusiasts, die deterioration and machine damage. You see evidence of both. The shelf-like appearance in the devices is...
It is a bit confusing to me. I don’t see DDO either which would mean EDS. However, the vertical bar is not prominent enough to suggest EDS. Then...
I’m still on -002. Wiles lists 49 varieties for the date and mm. Also of note, different obverse dies were used. Stage A was not a DDO. DDO-005...
Anytime Jim. Always happy to help a fellow enthusiast. I think you might have it myself but I've been fooled before. Fingers crossed for you...
Thanks Jim. I downloaded your photos and enhanced them on my computer. With all the staining, it's hard to make out for sure. In hand though,...
Thanks for that. I was thinking that they might be hand stamping the working dies rather than the hubs, but wasn't sure what process they were...
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