This is what I see a thread/fiber laying on the coin.
Thanks Insider for the acknowledgement. Really no reason to link my post being your column presents the subject in a much clearer manner.
I can make my camera spit out a picture and watch it develop into a photograph in 60 seconds before my very eyes.
Plus if attributable to the manufacture of the die - it would have cracked almost all the planchets it struck.
Thanks for saving me a copy - Hopefully I did the PM correctly.
Is there a link to your actual column?
If X = a coin die and Y = a coin planchet; Y is not part of X. A die is a die and a planchet is a planchet and are two distinct different objects.
No - I did not say a variety is traceable to the manufacture of the coin design. It is traceable specifically to the manufacture of the coin die.
A variety is an unintentional deviation (error) in the coin design attributed to and traceable to the manufacture of the coin die. A planchet...
So you are saying if Jack submitted a coin for grading the TPG's standard operating procedure is to attribute it as counterfeit?
Are you saying all 3 slabs contain the same exact counterfeit coin or all 3 slabs contain a different counterfeit coin each struck by the same...
At this time probably the closes one could get to a 1st strike coin is a coin that has been designated as VEDS (Very Early Die State).
Copper futures are currently trading in the $4.50 range. Keep in mind the physical market can deviate significantly at times.
I can't answer that question. Currently, when selling Red Brass (an 85% copper alloy) to a scrap yard one should expect, depending where in the US...
My guess is copper cents wouldn't be refined into Grade A copper. They would be used for the production of copper alloys which would allow their...
How much silver or gold have you sold straight to a refiner? Most individuals who sale scrap gold and silver sell it to an intermediary such as a...
Would the coin be less valuable if King Farouk's fingerprint was on it?
Counterfeit detection for a coin struck from a pair of dies made from an authentic source coin has 3 levels of die markers subject to...
Cool - I can now add published author to my short list of life accomplishments.
Although not as expert at it as my own state's taxing regulatory body; Only if you disregard all the stuff that came out of Congress which the IRS...
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