I really hate to break this to you since they just happen to be relatively tough tokens. You can put together really huge and diverse amusement...
"HH" is the Hoffman and Hoffman Mint by the way. There are likely varieties of the one you have pictured since tokens were made in batches and...
They are stock video arcade tokens. Some arcades couldn't afford to buy their own tokens or opened their doors before their tokens were ready so...
They made two different of these. The first were struck to mint set standards and sold in plastic sleeves with a white stripe. There were a...
No, I'm with you in spirit just not in practice. I seriously considered becoming the first ASE collector in 1986 and have dabbled in these coins....
These aren't minor considerations to me. I've made no secret of the fact that I've long believed that collectors are missing the boat on moderns...
My statement; I didn't mean this to be misleading and apologize for any confusion it might have created. It's very difficult to describe in...
There's another difference between mint set coins and regular issues that I keep neglecting to mention. Dies are more carefully hubbed. This is...
This is from the initial press release. It certainly would be unusual for a mint release to be wrong or misleading would it not? :kewl:
This is no doubt in reference to cents. Quarter dies are swapped out much faster. Yes. You can find mint set dies reused to run regular...
I agree with you that in most cases it is impossible to tell if a given coin came from a mint set with 100% accuracy. There are a few coins that...
There bis a "closeness' to the grain on mint set cents (other coins a little too). These do look different than the bulk of cents made for...
One of the reasons the mint stated for chromium plating the dies which resulted in the satin finish is that the plating greatly reduces die wear...
I'm a little surprised and pleased that you say this. I really thought you hated the mint set coins for some reason. I know you like your cents...
Unfortunately I don't have this book to critique but I'd be extremely surprised if there weren't a lot more errors in it as well. The modern guys...
Thanks for the link. I'll read it later. They have been struck with new dies at loweer speed and higher pressure since 1965. There were no...
Very interesting. Thanks for the info. There's little doubt thatr the era of cheap mint sets will come to an end but I'm not convinced it's...
HumptyDumpty; I can only speak for myself but I seriously doubt anyone wants to see you go. I sure don't.
I'm not sure. I think most people are better off collecting than investing and I hate seeing investment in my favorite area and don't want to...
I should also add that the mint never did claim these were just snatched from regular production runs. They've been exceedingly secretive about...
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