Agreed. Notice how the reverse is mottled in color and not uniformly darkened. You can tell its some sort of oxide layer rather than the color of...
Fair, especially for the state quarters--but lots of new varieties are discovered frequently. I do agree that looking at VarietyVista or Wexler's...
Fantastic group of coins! The three owls are definitely my favorites.
I agree with closeups of those three letters in particular. There looks to be some possible extra thickness consistent with a doubled die,...
Apologies for the delay in response. I'm at college at the moment and do not have access to my copy of Hartill (will on Monday when I go back home...
Hey all! Calling all world and China cash coins experts! I was watching this coin last week on GreatCollections since I've been looking to add a...
I'm assuming it's a center punch made by the die maker. [ATTACH] Here's a comparable dot on my "Earl's Tavern" token from Albany, WI. The dot is...
Nice coin!
This is pretty cool of the Mint to do! Voted highly for the flying eagle cent and high relief St. Gaudens :)
Very interesting to hear. I am a huge fan of Phil's work. The only cost to me is that hard-to-see toning on some coins will probably be more...
Also thought die wear could possibly be responsible.
I've always assumed these are from die polishing. Curious to see if anyone else has any other ideas.
Beautiful coins! Congrats on the grades, especially the 70s! Does anyone know anything about the "Blood" counterstamp? I am not super familiar...
You're correct that, technically, it still could be a 1992 (though statistically unlikely). If you sent it in to a TPG (third-party grading)...
I had never heard this before. Very interesting.
Agree with everything Paddy said.
Very pretty coin. Great addition!
Sometimes perspective gets confusing when looking through a microscope and it becomes difficult to tell what is on top. Sometimes my eyes play...
Wow, that is so cool! I love the design. How can you tell? Is the legend incorrect?
Congratulations on the acquisition. It's a bucket-lister for many of us. Glad you were able to pick one up with a well-defined...uhh...reverse ;)
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