Should it be done No, Could it be done? Physical currency, yes it could be done, but only after a revaluation of the currency at a 100:1 ratio....
Pictures? Clear straight on pictures. And preferably pictures of it on a scale as well.
Yes the blanks are heated to anneal them. THEN they are washed and dried. When they enter the coining press they are cold (room temperature)...
Sorry Duane Lee but it IS a wide AM. ALL 1985's are wide AM. The close AM didn't come into existence until 1992 (Using dies intended for use in...
Reconstruction era ended around 1877.
Not that I can see. It is long on the low relief and short on both the medium and high relief. I don't see any length difference between the...
I have problems telling the high relief 22 from the medium relief. They both use the same hub design. I believe the only real difference is the...
Thickness at the edge is usually a function of striking pressure. The higher the pressure the better the strike and the more the rims fill on the...
Looks like a 630M-13a obv 1013 rev (second edition of Fuld) Not sure if the variety designation has changed. I don't find it listed in that book.
How many chain saws did they already have? I would expect plenty. When you have a lot of something that doesn't resell quickly you don't need...
Maybe not, but that is where a lot of experienced collectors will come from.
If you have to ask on a topic like this.......don't do it. Stick with things you actually know well.
Agreed and I know that, but on this coin is is not just a matter of weak or indistinct, there appears to be, for lack of a better word, "smearing"...
No chemical reaction occurs, a mechanical one might but no chemical change happens. Also the planchets are not hot when they are struck. So the...
LIB reduced in size by die polishing.
No for circulation wear to have removed that lower relief feature that is in a protected area with higher relief features around it, the higher...
No high and low relief refer to the height of the relief above the field of the coin. It has nothing to do with the width of the rims.
That's all the excuse you need.
No, it gets sold to a sucker on eBay based on the grade on the holder.
What he is asking is why the high relief 21 reverse appears to be from a different hub design than the 22 high relief reverse.
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