I'm actually leaning toward NC-1. Spacing on LIBERTY seems too wide, and the top of the 1 is lower down from the hair than on 121.
It started out underweight before it was plated.
Paddy, that's one rev paired with two obverses, but both for the same year. As Johnmilton said there are many examples of it happening in the...
You post calling it an error, we point out that it isn't. You insist several times that it is an error. We point out that it isn't. You keep...
Depending an the pressure applied to the edge of the coin in the dry drum or whatever it is stuck in, it is possible for the edge to develop a...
On a die variety they should be in the same place. But they MAY appear to be in a slightly different place do to the angle the image was shot at...
I will have to agree there is a good deal of truth in that. One problem is that Bill really doesn't like coins with problems. Something he said...
It's a better deal on postage for the submission, but if they have to pay postage to you and postage back to them, isn't it a worse deal on...
Believe me, in early mint documents it gets used that way a LOT. One I liked when I first started working with the documents was approbation,...
I signed up for the early US paper money course. There were a couple of others I would have liked to sign up for, but I can't be available at the...
Not an expect on these, but I don't have good feelings about them.
Yes it wasn't so much "artificial toning" and it was "artificial whitening".
Accurate weight may not tell you anything at all. It is possible to grind off the entire rev and still be within legal tolerance. (helps if the...
After reading some of the handwritten correspondence from before that time I'm sure they were THRILLED with the typewriter. (Some people wrote in...
From what I see in the latest copy of The Score the CC1 coin is listed as a F-12. I think that is a little harsh. I was thinking a net EAC grade...
Consider this, the tonnage used to coin cents is around 40 tons per square inch. So no a 10 or 20 ton press probably isn't going to work unless...
If it is new it would fit into the middle of the CC. I know of four pieces an 8, a 7, a 3, and a 2.
The coin he is talking about supposedly has very recent fingerprints. Acetone may or may not remove them completely (frankly I would use two...
Within tolerance, but it is getting close. Low end of tolerance is 5.44 grams.
The company is PCCB and the product is called PCCB coin display slab. They are available on ebay, or if you google it you will find a couple of...
Separate names with a comma.
