Here is a rock--hounding group that takes field trips in L.A. area. Often they have get togethers and trips that involve gold....
I think we agree on the machine doubling. Where the contention occurs is whether the (1) MD specifically makes the coin a VAM2 or subvariety of...
No, you are not right. That is just an example of machine doubling which they show on a 1922-P VAM 2. If you go down the list, you will see the...
The coins I seem to return most often on ebay are 1917DDO ( 1 real one out of 8, 7 returned) and 1888/7 IHC. ( 1 ANACS 1888/7 that is neither Snow...
RPM -14 should have the vertical of the "D" thickened at the bottom as it is the "Tilted D/D portion with the third D, North of that. I don't see...
No, machine doubling would not be considered in determining the VAM. The VAM # is the combination of a specific obverse die and a specific reverse...
Maybe by error coin, you are remembering the article in Coin World on the 1960 D/D small over large date DDO variety. This isn't that one, but...
I would say the high EF range. Also, I would nonabrasively rinse the coin in acetone If it were mine , just in case the green is PCV plasticizer...
Yes, it was Dale about 25 years ago :) Where does time go ? Jim
My problem is sometimes the reverse. I take photos of coins with dark toning or junk and they come out green :( Jim
I have to agree it is the same coin based on comparison of marks on the date. Why the difference in corrosion, I can only guess that photoshop....
Buy a $1000 of high quality Chinese counterfeits, sell your soul to the dark one, sell your coins as real to the unknowing masses on Ebay. It has...
Gosh, is Amateur radio still around? I think I have worked you in the past in contests. The graded bullion coins are like the beanie babies of...
I believe that 1854 and 1855 were the patterns years for your description. Judd's book mentions that restrikes exist, so buy/sell with an expert...
Several popular middle school/high school chemistry lab books have this as an exercise. Probably by now thousands have been returned to...
The date was on a single punch, so a single repunch could put as many as the whole date in the denticles, but usually, it was at an angle so some...
It might be "Longacres effect" from die deterioration if it is what I think I see. Larger area is needed. You might try just shooting that area...
I would be interested in where people have seen inflation really increase in the last year. I haven't. I did make some money on UGA ( US...
The denticles to the right of the "0" would show an edge that arches slightly upward in the space between the denticles compared to the sight dip...
From FLynns " Two dates are better than one" book, it appears to be MPD-002 from the rather small photo. There are 6 for this year that has a "5"...
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