i don't think the real experts are puzzled. The whole explanation of the first and third "coins" can be found here...
To quote my quote where I quoted the sentence directly from the final version of the law, "There will be 50 quarters issued, one each for a site...
Take this comment in light of what my mood over to the left says. Your answer would be a lot more informative if you actually explained what...
Don't get ahead of yourself. "State" in the context of this law means only the fifty current states in the United States - thus the statement...
I'm not saying his coin WAS struck on a Canadian cent, only that it could have been. If it had been done that way, the "...series of small...
Here are several coins with indent errors. You'll notice that they all have one thing in common. The design on the hammer die is NOT transferred...
As I've said before, buy the roll ONLY IF 1. you can identify the coin at each open end, and 2. you need/want the coin at each open end, and 3....
The initial proposal was for 56 coins, 5 per year, for 11 years. And with provisions for a second round of 56 more after that...
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The OP was comparing his coin to the one referenced in the Red Book and questioning whether his was the same. As I pointed out, it clearly is not...
Well, it is marked "COPY" so presumably it wouldn't fool anyone. That's assuming that the coin you get does have the marking on it. Beyond that,...
These aren't worth the price but they are mildly amusing. http://coin-shop.com/novquar.html Sample: [IMG]
Joe, since you didn't give me your sources I won't give you mine beyond suggesting that you re-read my previous post where the differences were...
It's impossible to tell from the pictures alone, but compared with the "good" quarter, I would guess that someone silver-plated it. It has the...
x I agree that an Indent is when a planchet partially obscures another planchet being struck (...
"Red" is used to describe the color of copper coins. The color of raw copper is considered to be "red". As it tones in response to atmospheric...
True. Acetone is a hydrocarbon, used as a thinner for paints and as a solvent. It is non-reactive with metals.
If a second planchet was partially on top of the planchet in the die then 1) the deformed part of the struck coin would be a uniform semi-circle...
Look at the OP's picture. There is no doubling in the parts of the words that are visible - especially the "E PL" and "UN". Compare those...
The true 1983 DDR has doubling in all of the reverse lettering. Yours appears to be strike doubling.
Separate names with a comma.
