145 views and no answer yet. Must be a harder question than I thought. Can anyone point me to a good recently revised reference book containing...
Just compiled a list of 1794 die pairings S-17 (1-A) through S-72 (39-KK) and my list shows no pairing for OBV-38, REV-P and REV-Q. Have I made an...
Perhaps a criteria or definition of circulated would be easier. Such as does a coin have to be utilized for the purchase of goods before it is...
Well then - I guess there must be very few truly uncirculated coins. Once it leaves the mint and possession is taken by another party -...
Didn't the denticle count change on the Barber Quarter obverse when the middle serif was removed from the "W" on "IGWT"?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-06/perth-mint-gold-doping-china-cover-up-four-corners/102048622
I have often wondered this myself. I lean towards the denticles being hand-engraved onto the Master Hub. The reduction lathe leaving a solid...
Are you saying the corrosive process will be sustained even if the coin is placed in a vacuum?
Embarrassing ain't it. Just don't know if authenticating a coin such as this would even cross my mind. Now if the coin was struck during the...
Really don't know if I would have looked at the reverse that hard.
Maybe nit-picking but I have always considered this variety technically to be a doubled die - not a Repunched Date. For the Buffalo Nickel the...
Are all the counterfeit coins struck from the same counterfeit die pairing?
My system crashed a while back. Recovered most but wasn't able to recover everything. Searched my library and didn't find anything. Not sure I...
I'll look through my CAD Map library tonight and see what I can find.
Misaligned die. Look at the rim. While both will exhibit crowding of the design to the rim. A misaligned die will exhibit an uneven rim. An...
Yes we did exchange emails on this subject - I don't recall whether or not we discussed the "U" in "TRUST". Probably did. I do remember you...
There were obverse design changes in 1914 and another in 1915 on the Barber Half which are not cataloged on the BCCS website. The change can be...
For the Barber Half PUP posting - I noticed - I doubled posted one of the pup images. But intended to post the following pup image. Also I am...
Kinda like the transition for the Barber Quarter in 1900. Where everyone one looked at the cartilage in the ear for the design change. While the...
I mapped out both designs using a CAD System and overlaid the maps on top of each other. Perhaps this will help you in identifying and visualizing...
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