I think admiration for the older commens is diminished by the mint's commem of the week program. In a similar vein is anyone tire of listening...
That's from china's branch mint in the Yap Islands. You can get the MyYaplite version cast in tainted drywall mud and weighing only 3.4...
No one else sees two shells showing on the edge photo?
It may be an electroplate copied from a struck souvenir piece.
The Jefff that looks like Grandma at Thanksgiving.
V Maybe china could put a head on one of the headless runners commen?
If a die break was pushed into the die there would be a void behind it that would have the same effect as a piece out of the die. Since it would...
I agree. A void in the die shows up as raised metal on a coin. But if a piece from the die gets "jammed further into the face of the die" and...
If that were to happen it would show up as a depression on the coin not a raised area.
I believe the die orientation for cents in 1956 was obverse/hammer die. It doesn't seem probable that there could be a retained break, as in a...
1959D and 1961D both had dies with bullet shaped die chips right behind Abe's head.
The '56 is a Spiked Head/Cracked Skull. Jean Cohen classification JC-56-64B.
I hate WOW! I keep thinking it's an acronym for: "can you find the hidden screw job?" But the letters never match and there appears to be too...
But it's the same thing Doug. I don't see much difference if someone is comparing a digital image in a data base with a coin in a slab or...
I was thinking of an actual authentication certificate from the photos with modern security devices in them. They would have already done a lot of...
What was the reaction? I believe NGC already issues certificates for large medals, Mutiple Thalers or whatever is too big to get in a holder....
How fascinating. I've been told for years that returning to authentication certificates is "old fashion" "going backwards" and "impractical." If...
There's an interesting item on page 5 of CoinWorld 6/23/08 about PCGS' new "Genuine Slab" for problem coins. They will consider authenticating...
What we really need for modern coin investing is a "market sensitive incentive" from the federal reserve. That's where we get to keep the...
I think we should have quantum theory grading so TPGs will always be right. This coin neither exists in a state of Uncirculated, nor does...
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