If the die cracks on yours are more advanced than those illustrated, then the one used for the illustration was a slightly earlier die stage.
It looks like a match to the cracks on JOH-23 to me. You may have a slightly different die stage than the one that was illustrated. The JOH...
1902 is available with better luster than appears to be show in the photo. I also can't tell to what extent there are little marks all over the...
Whoa! Your girlfriend went to a coin club party with you? She's a keeper!
I'm fairly sure that 1989 was the first year that the mint mark was part of the hub for cents. No more separate mint mark punch. While it didn't...
I've though of getting some small number punches and punching a TPG serial number on a hole filler coin in an album (especially if I were to use a...
And here's the set so far. Messydesk Digits of Pi (edited to fix link)
A while ago, someone asked me if I was going to do a "digits of pi" set after finishing my Prime Number Set. One could no doubt make a pretty...
Digits 542 through 545: [IMG]
Where I thought I saw the luster breaks were on the corner of the book, the back of Pilgrim's upper arm near the shoulder, and the hull of the...
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The diagonal streaks are plating imperfections, and the swirls are stains from something. Neither is going to make the coin worth more than face...
I would have GTG'ed 64 on this one. The pictures alone can't convince me this is a 65. (Standard grading-by-web-photos disclaimers apply, of...
The engraved part of the die shown above is about the size of a silver dollar. If he's doing 1 or 2 ounce silver rounds in high relief on his 400...
From Ron Landis on Facebook: "It won't be long now! The new Gallery Mint Museum website will be up soon. I'll be releasing several new silver art...
Looks like you could actually net $40-50 on an eBay flip. Interesting. I'd use a disposable e-mail address and phone number if I ordered, though.
I wouldn't say "After 55 years," but rather "After a few years." The CDN underwent a pretty significant change when it was taken over by John...
If there's no doubling on the obverse, then it is VAM 99. Both 29 and 99 are tough and interesting varieties, although being low grade there...
VAM 1 not existing is correct. There is no "normal die" 1880-CC. Only two die pairs have the top arrow feather slanted with the large CC -- VAM...
I'm not aware of other mints striking James I coinage. The Aberystwyth mint wasn't set up until 1637, and shortly thereafter, during the civil...
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