Genuine. NOT whizzed. Just a very late die state (struck from worn-out dies, and a somewhat weak strike also).
Nice report, thanks. I always like to read about the goings-on in the exonumia market.
I will likely enter, although I am disappointed with the whole affair for three reasons: 1) This will be a commemorative coin, not a circulating...
I think the coin may be a genuine 1942/1 dime. But I suspect that it was heavily corroded and then tooled, scraped, and buffed to remove that...
If it does in fact have "REPRODUCCION" on the back, I think if you show that to them you would likely have a lot more bargaining power to get them...
This is true, although nobody would really care unless you were marking a LOT of them AND intentionally placing them back into circulation.
Or it could be one of the plated magnetic (looks like silver) Italian novelty coins made many years ago. If it is one of these, in addition to the...
That is neat ! I can appreciate what it takes to get old machinery working. And I agree that there always seems to be a need for the next piece of...
To my knowledge, no Denver Mint employee has ever come forward stating that they actually purchased 1964 Peace Dollars and/or were subsequently...
A few points of clarification: Frank Gasparro sculpted the reverse of the Kennedy Half, basing almost entirely on the official US Presidential...
Hard to tell for sure, but it looks like a replica Spanish "pirate" cob coin.
There is some clashing in the date area, but no die crack. It is possible that something on that particular host coin (such as a scratch or minor...
The same seller has another one listed, using the same picture.
Here is one I bought last year (sorry, I only have this thumbnail picture): [IMG]
I have one more version of "1964-D" over-strike Morgans in mind to do. Then that will be it. Note the "Current Status" here:...
I always produce at least a few before listing any for sale. I have to be sure they will strike up ok and that the dies will survive. Once sales...
My apologies. I temporarily fell behind schedule on production and shipping. But as of yesterday I have minted enough to fill current orders. So...
The most durable type of gold plating involves plating a base-metal (copper) object with pure nickel first. Then gold is plated over that. The...
Value on something like that is hard to tell. You could list it on eBay and get a significantly different price each time. 21 of those were minted...
Yep, they did it in bold font, on the front page, two different issues weeks apart. But they've run several nice articles since then (with name...
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