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For those of you thinks about going to the S Mint instead of Chicago, you better review the documents in the national archives first to make sure...
It is an incomplete planchet (clipped).
I suspect what you are seeing the result of die polishing. As the field is ground down the devices become shallower, smaller, more distant from...
Looks like a small cud. That means it is neither pre nor post mint but during.
Drop a die and hit another on the date creates a dent in the die which would be a raised mark on the finished coin, the OP coin shows depressions.
Joe Kennedy did not start importing liquor until after the end of Prohibition.
It is a coal scrip token. I'm not sure but I believe it may have been used at more than one mine. The token catalog ling above seems to show one...
Removed from an encasement.
In this case the older slab isn't that old. And why reholder? Possibly because the slab was scuffed, or chipped, possibly they just wanted the...
PSD Post Strike Damage
That's what I'm seeing as well.
Does it matter? What makes this coin interesting is the sticker. All three 21's are common so it really doesn't matter which one it is.
They are raised, because the deterioration of the die caused low areas in the die.
Don't get fixated on the gap between the feet of the A and M. The width of that gap can vary depending on whether the die has been polished and...
They were made. Roger Burdette references the deliveries of the shell cases and the documents in the National Archives that relate to their...
If it is raised, it's a die gouge.
Actually it is a Condor. :)
And the file with the specs has been sent. I don't charge because most of the information I give out is not the result of my own research. It is...
No I don't get paid for it, but I've been a BIG fan of the Coin World Almanac ever since I got my first copy back in 1976. I've recommended it...
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