And zinc is even softer.
Images aren't good but it looks like a S-43 to me.
Well struck, brand new dies.
To be eligible your coins must arrive at the TPG within thirty days BEFORE the release of the next new issue.
Doesn't matter. The "theory" that the mint doesn't waffle cents will most likely continue. I've debunked it a couple times with images already...
When they started flooding us with their counterfeits oh about 20 years ago, they were all this good.
Less than three years, you haven't been an active member that long. :)
That is an impressive feat. Does that include the C-3 as well?
The problem with the Barr dollar was that although he was only in office for 27 days, they continued using the printing plates until they wore...
Bathrooms tend to be built with VERY solid floors (often concrete), settling isn't likely to be a problem. Except it isn't. (Very common...
The images makes the size of these things deceptive. At 500 grains each of those medals would be 20% larger than a silver dollar
Considering the clashing of the dies is not a planned even but rather an accident, and something that can happen at any time, with tens of...
The bust is wrong, the stars are wrong, the date is wrong, the font is wrong, the dentils are wrong, the rim is wrong, the edge is wrong, and I...
A high end SMS is easy to determine, a low end or typical MS coin is eaasy to determine. Telling a high end MS from a lower end SMS....good luck.
Attribution is correct, and the edge inscription is correct, most likely was run through the Castaining machine twice with the blank flipped over...
15.4324 grains = 1 gram 500 grains / 15.4324 = 32.399 grams 32.399 grams * .925 = 29.97 grams of silver per "coin" 29.97 grams / 31.1 grams = .964...
Actually has been done. Frome time to time the Mint actually does do "first Strike ceremonies and VIP's and selected guests are allowed to strike...
There were no photos in the palace collection catalog and as far as I know no other contemporary images either.
First thing to do is hit it with an XRF gun and make sure it isn't environmental damage.
The dies coming together is a mishap or error that creates a change in the die, the coins produced by those clashed dies are a die stage. The...
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