Whether they can devalue it any further is debatable. Remember, these are the people who originally came up with "First Strike" which, as any...
Unless the Mint identifies a specific chain of events, there's no reason to think you're wrong, just possibilities. I want to be outraged, but...
I believe Bob Campbell could find the photographic beauty in a roadrashed Zlincoln.
My thinking is, how could they implement a plan which had any chance of allowing the two entirely different planchet compositions to intermingle?...
If they were contemplating an issue requiring Congressional approval, far better to have physical examples of the proposed coin ready to show when...
With all due respect, I can't even tell if the coin has circulated or not from these images. It does a disservice to one's own skill development...
I cannot imagine quality control so slipshod as to lose track of individual planchets whose intrinsic value exceeds $1000 each that way. For that...
This is my thinking.
OK, that tells me it was normally-struck in a complete collar. It's the only way full reeding would be created. That strengthens the case for PMD....
One would think so; it's what is keeping me on the fence about this coin. The few nicks on the rim of the obverse to me don't seem sufficient to...
Contemplate where the concentration of metal is in a struck coin - in the center, where the devices are located and total area of increased relief...
Time to see the coin, I think. There are many substances (hardened epoxy comes to mind) that acetone won't cut; maybe we're dealing with something...
So how do you stretch strike something in-collar, with no place to move to?
Looks like a detached lamination to me. Mismatched die pair; the reverse looks rather heavily ghosted and polished (in an attempt to level the...
Kinda depends on the composition of the plastic. Some of them tell acetone to go pound sand. :)
The die crack at the date is diagnostic of the McCloskey 6-E variety, not the most common for the date but not a premium, either, especially when...
Heck, I didn't even factor melt value. Add that to my estimate. :P
It should hammer at a 3-digit number. Maybe not $935, but $300 wouldn't shock me.
I knew the moment I looked at it in your other post that it was an extreme acid-dipped example. The diagnostics are flawless; if you measure...
That's crazy. I love it. :)
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