I agree.
I'm glad somebody is excited about it. Many of us are getting worn out with new designs every few weeks. In 2009 not only will we have 5 new...
Sorry, Ziggy. I didn't mean to beat up on ya. I just thought it would be confusing to anyone reading it with the typo, especially someone who is...
Carl, I quoted him BEFORE he edited his post. If you look closely, after my post he went back and edited his original post. (Look at the time...
My advice is: For investment purposes buy bullion. For collector interest buy coins.
I do my banking with another bank but they do not have safe deposit boxes at my bank. The local Chase bank does have safe deposit boxes. Like you...
Think you meant to say "missing clad layer". That's a nice example. It looks like the New York I saw recently.
Thanks for the clarification, Conder. That makes perfect sense the way you explained it.
Same here. I have used AutoCAD but I don't understand what you are doing with TurboCAD to attribute coins. Please elaborate.
Carlos, Like Richard said, quarters are clad, not plated. This is an important distinction. (On the other hand, zinc cents are plated with...
Are you sure about that? I would have thought the term had been around much longer than Ken Bressett. I'll ask him about it next time I see him.
Please explain. That confused me more than clarified anything. Did you mean to say "1990" instead of "1900"?
Harry, I think we have all done that in one form or another. It's all part of our numismatic education. Those lessons that cost us the most are...
Yes and Yes. That is how we have so many overdates today. For instance, in 1817 the Mint reused an obverse die for 1813 Half Dollars and repunched...
I've never heard of that before. It really wouldn't make any sense because a die with no mintmarks would have been used at the Philadelphia Mint...
LH, Speaking in general terms: An error occurs during the striking process. Examples are off center, broadstruck, strke through, brockage,...
Sorry, it's not an error. A variety maybe but not an error. Mintmarks were added to the working dies by hand back then. So the placement of the...
I agree - let's hope that mark is not on the coin. Otherwise it is a very nice looking IHC. A nice coin for your type set.
The coin just entered its second century. To some I guess that means it is 200 years old. (The same bad math tells them the 21st Century began in...
Think of it this way. It would not be likely that the crack developed before the date was repunched. First the die was made and the date was...
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