It looks to be exactly what you describe, a pill box. As you say the top is a faux "coin" that has been "pushed out" with a repousse die. That...
The .999 isn't a case of ANYONE creating an alloy mix, it is a result of the refining process and the .999 is actually a guarantee that the metal...
Looks like a die gouge.
After annealing they are also washed and burnished to clean the oxides from the annealing off of them. They are dried and lightly oiled (to ease...
They don't "blend" a .999/.001 alloy. The metal come from the refiners as .999 fine.
And about the only result of this was the weights and volumes on all our packaging being in both english and metric units.
Since they have already been striking the 90% silver proofs, anyone see the possibility they will sell 90% silver proof sets and then "suddenly"...
Andy, the big show in Cincinnati is the GCNE show in June or July (it moves sometimes) It's held in the Convention Center in Sharronville (Suburb...
I'm not sure what is going on above the AT but the rest of it looks like it was struck through a detached lamination.
Looks like a MAD with the obv shifted toward 6:00 (can't be sure because you don't show that part of the coin) resulting in a wide fin forming...
CAC relates to an agreement on the grade of the coin, not it's authenticity. Oh I'm sure if they realized the coin was a fake they wouldn't give...
Possibly grease filled die but that area is also opposite the base of the bust which "soaks up" a lot of metal and results in weakness in the area...
The date is on the obv, the second, third, and fourth characters from the left. it reads from right to left 3, 10, 1 3 times 10 plus 1 = 31
Really? I find this forum to be one of the most friendly ones.
Three are brass the rest are bronze. And they look like cleaned circulated coins to me.
And the letter P is the greek letter "Rho". Hence the Omega man and the Rho Bro. Having to explain the joke takes all the fun out of it.
Fake I don't think so, MS-67 DEFINITELY NOT!
Did they actually sell out in five minutes?
They aren't all glued closed. Back in 1976 when they came out there were warning t be careful sliding the Styrofoam insert out of the sleeve...
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