You have to be careful judging capped bust halves by the rims. Later die stages on many varieties can be lacking denticals/rims even on high...
The leaf below the C and the leaf below the T in cent are completely vertical. That is the reverse of S-76. If it has a thick planchet with...
bad quality fake.
The date is also smaller than it should be on the fake, plus the shape of the 6 is wrong. Note the shape of the opening in the top curve of the 6.
The obv has been modified several times since 1964, lowering the relief, reducing the size of the bust, widening the rims (1971) and modifying the...
No status update or delivery probably means it is just sitting at the post office and will do so until you either go there and get it or they...
I would call it an 8. Not enough obv hair definition to be a Fine.
There is no way to know when they will stop selling them. They could stop at the end of the year, or they could continue selling until the supply...
But when was that? I met Walter in 1985 and on several other occasions after that time and he had no hygiene issues then.
But when you factor in the mints weight tolerance range the picture muddies up a lot 1965 - 1970:11.1 g - 11.9 g 1971 - Date:10.89 g - 11.79 g...
The difference might be because although the 64 small motto used a pattern die, it was released for use in commerce. Kind of like the Cheerios...
die clash
When the alloy was prepared the copper and nickel were not homogeneously mixed so some areas in the ingot were high in nickel content and some...
The fish is impressive too. :D
I suspect this is a souvenir locket made to LOOK like the medal and not made from the medals themselves. There was actually an artisan at the...
There are SBA's struck on SAC dollar planchets, but they are all 1999 SBA's. You're right though that it is impossible for it to have happened...
I don't know if you will get an answer, you're posting to a four year old thread. Or you might, prospector is still active here, he last posted...
I don't believe they do exchanges anymore. Returns are just refunded and you have to reorder to get a replacement.
Nah, it will just make it disappear. (and if it is indoors and not sufficiently ventilated it make your house disappear as well.)
The weak tops of the letters on the die are just incomplete die fill, not damage.
Separate names with a comma.
