Exactly, same thing happened in 1955. Philadelphia still had several S mint dies on hand and San Francisco wasn't scheduled to strike nickels...
At one time they did. In the 19th century coins returned to the Treasury were returned to the mint, cleaned, and reissued.
After looking at the images it's clearly a fake.
Agreed an proof would probably be easier and cheaper.
The 64 SMS coins did not come in holders.
Looks like a wire rim that got partially sheared off. They stick out over the field but have not been struck into it so they happened post strike.
Actually it is a CLOSE AM and in 1993 they all are. (I think you mis-spoke.)
You know the complete day by day history of this coin since the day it was struck in 1884?
That's the limit on the website. If you order by phone the limit is $25,000 worth if you are paying by credit card. If you are paying by wire...
Yes that is a "no line fattie" but there were either four or five generations of holder before that one came out. This is from memory,...
I think what Scot was doing was making device punches (even though he called them hubs. You have to be careful with terms because sometimes they...
At the time the forfeiture proceeding were initiated there had been no legal decision that the coins were stolen, so all you had was both sides...
I see contact marks.
And that slab style didn't begin until around 1992. NGC had been slabbing coins for 5 years by that point. Someone just used an old submission...
As I mentioned the obv of the chain cents had the busts hand engraved directly into the dies themselves. For the 1793 half cents, wreath cents...
Actually the second looks like a bad attempt to create an 1815 cent. The first one is just abused, not an error.
Haven't seen that attempted, but it would probably work since the stars and date digits are all punched into each die individually by hand. But...
True, but it was the decision on the forfeiture that was being appealed wasn't it? If Langbord had won that appeal (as they had with the three...
At the US Mint dies created thru the use of a punch for the central device with the other features being added by individual punches began in...
If you mean the back is upside down with respect to the front, that is perfectly normal on US coins
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