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I appreciate Roger's expanding on my comments.
Well Bill, lately it seems with Trade Dollars you have to pay up for quality. Wish I'd started collecting them about 10 years ago when the series...
I have to agree, in that condition variety is of minimal importance. However, I believe it is BB 121, with the "Amateur Diecutters Reverse"...
Die basining is (or was) carried out with the die aligned precisely with a spinning metal disc coated with abrasive. "Touching up" working dies...
That is an extremely nice 74-cc TD. Well done!
This thread prompted me to look at some of my Mercs, several of which have a lot of die polish. this 45-s micro s has polish lines on the back of...
Nice examples.
I was in the 35-40 camp, based on the amount of wear. Maybe something else holding it back: very dark color, some abrasions we can't see well in...
Beautiful coins, guys! [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Thanks! I have a small stash of these. [IMG] [IMG]
One of the best known examples of heavy die polish is found on the 1922 Grant w/star comm. In this example from HA you can see swirling die...
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I think that what I would do is either look at the photos (if he sends them) or the coin itself. If it is an obvious fake that I know would not...
Interesting, though that the second coin has patches of lines in the same locations as the one in the OP. The only area of concern to me as far...
Nice selection of books you have! I just have the first volume of the Bowers encyclopedia (since I'm not interested in Morgans and Peace dollars...
Most of what I'm seeing looks like die polish: patches of short lines that end at the raised devices. Only the first photo shows a few widely...
I don't think that "reasonable" and "lowball" go together in such close proximity.
2 great coins, Bill.
Here's an 1871 in P-40 for sale on ebay right now, just for comparison:...
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