I said 2000's because I thouht I remembered the state quarter coin and die sets as being the first of these. Not too far off though.
And the post WWII Hungarian inflation is still considered the worst in history. I question that somewhat because unlike the German and Hungarian...
Of questionable authenticity?
This is why I and a few others use and push PSD (Post Strike Damage) and not PMD. The M in PMD actually stands for MINTING but everyone shortens...
There are three types of US mint dies that are commonly seen on the marketpace. (commonly is a relative term) First are the 1968 S proof dies...
About .05 grams The copper is supposed to be 2.5% of the total weight. 2.5% of the spec weight of 2.5 grams is .0625 grams Considering an...
I see a roadkill coin with severe corrosion. It would probably be impossible to see any subtle variety on a coin such as this.
For the price paid I think I would be happy with it.
Commemorate the SILVER eagle by making it in gold? And if you were going to do it in gold, wouldn't the fiftieth (golden) anniversary make more...
My only comment is the 150 coins per minute figure is too high closer would be in the 100 - 120 coin per minute range and that may be pushing it a...
IF I had a fake?? And if you want to send your fakes in to someone send them to ICG they will slab fakes as fakes for educational purposes and...
Agreed but I believe that nick in the wing was probably on the coin they used to create a reverse hub that they used to make both dies. The...
Since 1990 the mintmarks have been in the master hub. Until 1996 Philadelphia produced all of the dies used there and at the branch mints. All...
Obv of the OP coin matches the No-No coin but the rev is from a different die.
But the metal DOES flow under pressure of the rollers producing the strip the blanks are cut from. So they do have luster, but it is not the same...
Never had a Commodore 64, I used a TRS-80 Model 1 with a 300 baud modem.
I guess I must be one of the worst people here, I'm at just 9.4% :)
The "End of Pain(e)" series are part of the Spence political tokens (even though Spence probably didn't make them, he was a supporter of Paine.)...
Well laminations don't typically have a lot of value, and there haven't been many coins with laminations made in the past forty years since the...
Yep formerly an encased cent. When they make those they put the cent into a hole in the encasement planchet and then strike it with a die that...
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