I can't disagree with you there. I have to admit that I am better at sculpting than hand engraving. The first week of the course (the prior year)...
Revised (owl taller, different star arrangement): [IMG]
I haven't done any gold pieces yet this year. But I do plan to make some 1/10 and 1/4 oz Clark Gruber pieces. I might even make this octagonal...
I do spot checks using an XRF device. The silver strip and silver blanks I use are purchased from a manufacturer that is ISO 9001:2008 certified....
If I made and distributed pieces which looked exactly like issued US coins (except for the date), and I struck them on my own blank planchets,...
Do you have a legal ruling or legal precedent to that effect that you can cite ? Show us the established criteria which defines the threshold at...
The situation is NOT the same. We went over this issue previously in the "Just got the elusive 1916 Barber Half...." thread. Remember that ? The...
You just don't seem to get it. The difference between the two scenarios is HUGE. Your scenario: Take a blank piece of paper and print a "1935"...
There was a formal written complaint filed with the American Numismatic Association. The complainant was seeking to have me kicked out of the ANA...
I don't know, but the visible moderator here (GDJMSP) has previously and inappropriately posted in a thread (titled "Just got the elusive 1916...
Date aside, an over-struck (or otherwise altered) coin is still the same basic coin type that it was originally. Market valuations and opinions on...
Yes, the hardness of the original coin has something to do with why the original date on the over-strike Liberty Nickels shows more readily than...
In the thread here titled "Just got the elusive 1916 Barber Half...." your entire post was: I don't see how there has been any "divorcing of the...
You were the one that asked (Bigpoppa) to "Be specific in your allegations, or drop them.". Realizing that he was at the beach (as per his comment...
Here is a sampling of what Bigpoppa was perhaps alluding to: There are other instances in other threads unrelated to dcarr issues, such as...
Called it ! (sort of):
All of the major grading/certification companies make mistakes now and then. The ANACS folks are certainly not "dumb". Some of their top experts...
Here it is: [img] 4-feet 5-inches wide, 8-feet 7-inches tall, large bronzed relief panel (for wall mounting): [img] [img] 3-1/2" x 7" versions...
Many people have asked me to do an "1895" Morgan dollar business strike. The problem with that would be if some one wore it down until it looked...
An "1883" no "CENTS" V nickel could technically be over-struck on a US liberty Head $5 gold half eagle. But that could be a plausible original...
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