The only difference between an "abraded die",and an "over polished die" is the fineness of the grit used on the lap.
At the Mint you can only get quarters, halves, and dollars. Can't get cents, nickels, or dimes in rolls. (You can get ballistic bags though.)
I can see the date as well, and it is no question an 1804 even if you couldn't see the date.
As long as the coin is actually the indicated variety I have no problem with it. If I buy a rare variety in a PCGS slab but it isn't identified...
If you actually run the numbers you will find that if each person hoard/loses/puts away long term ONE coin per WEEK,it will consume the entire...
Since neither West Point nor San Francisco make coins for circulation that would have no effect.
How did you determine it isn't a rolled thin planchet? Minimum weight for a cent blank is 2.98 grams which would have a theoretical thickness of...
You have to go through the mint records in the national archives. Both the obv and the rev dies have a serial number and records as to how many...
But how loud is that "clunk"? On minor doubled dies it is probably a pretty minor clunk. And how much ambient noise is there in a machine shop?...
The 1965-67 SMS coins can vary widely in appearance so any comparison with them is questionable. The "teardrop" is not an infallible marker...
I'm actually leaning toward NC-1. Spacing on LIBERTY seems too wide, and the top of the 1 is lower down from the hair than on 121.
It started out underweight before it was plated.
Paddy, that's one rev paired with two obverses, but both for the same year. As Johnmilton said there are many examples of it happening in the...
You post calling it an error, we point out that it isn't. You insist several times that it is an error. We point out that it isn't. You keep...
Depending an the pressure applied to the edge of the coin in the dry drum or whatever it is stuck in, it is possible for the edge to develop a...
On a die variety they should be in the same place. But they MAY appear to be in a slightly different place do to the angle the image was shot at...
I will have to agree there is a good deal of truth in that. One problem is that Bill really doesn't like coins with problems. Something he said...
It's a better deal on postage for the submission, but if they have to pay postage to you and postage back to them, isn't it a worse deal on...
Believe me, in early mint documents it gets used that way a LOT. One I liked when I first started working with the documents was approbation,...
I signed up for the early US paper money course. There were a couple of others I would have liked to sign up for, but I can't be available at the...
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