The philosophers claim it's the journey that counts not the destination. They're over paid. :p
Well you have superb eye sight. :)
It does seem like it fits the spot on the rim. How do you find those things? Most people would never have noticed that.
The post the mushrooms referred to was deleted. It looks like striking damage to me-a die wobble or something similar to what causes shelf...
What about mushrooms?
So did anyone meet the Numismatical Writing Dude-Dave Bowers?
I heard they have a lot wine vineyards there now. All they had when we lived there were potato farms.
Hey Green, do you remember if that wine came from Cutchogue?
Dropped digits/letters can stick to the fields so why not a chopped rim?
The first PQ dispute. [media]
I remember seeing PQ designations from Bowers & Merena in the mid 80's.
GDJMSP: Is the collector bug biting? :)
In yourself. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thank you for the presentation Charmy. Those gear/pie cutter coins still rock!
Looks like glue to me. Hopefully from the last horse I bet on.
I dedicate this one to Billy Joel. Bronx Coin Club. 1937, white metal ( I think that's tin) C/A, 11.3 grms, 32mm.[ATTACH][ATTACH] [media]
Libertads
Ooopsie. I meant specks, as in bits of copper in the planchet. I think I read it in ETCM long, long ago. I'm not sure how they could do it, but...
The mint used three different suppliers in the early zinc days. Each one was assigned a different size spec of copper inside the zinc so junky...
How do you account for gradeflation in the pricing data?
Separate names with a comma.
