Not spooned or a dryer piece, that's a pocket piece. Those odd worn rims withhigher grade centers are commonly seen on pocket piece coins.
I think they are interesting, but I don't consider them to be true patterns since they may not have been struck by the Mint. they loaned the dies...
What gets me is that the whole point of feedback is to rate the whole transaction experience. But I keep seeing attitudes like "As a buyer my...
Except among us old timers who learned our patience years ago ordering proof sets in February and hoping they would arrive in time for Christmas....
It is an Egyptian 10 Piastres of 1972, either KM 430 or 431. The two have different obverses but the copy of the SCWC in my computer does not...
It's difficult to speak intelligently on the issue without knowing what the specific language in the Utah bill is/was. From listening to those...
It does not match any of the five known 83/2 overdate varieites. An excellent online reference to help you identify that variety can be found...
Probably held in the collar and struck with sandblasted dies.
If you are so patient why are you calling in the first place? You'll get them when they are done with them. And if you don't want to hear two...
Sure, now all you have to do is convince that highly successful dealer to give up his business and go to work for you. And of course you are...
I don't know if they still have them but Heritage also used to have a weekly Tuesday Night auction. You might find access through the Current...
Questions, do they have records of the disposition of every other printing plate? Most of them? Any of them? If they don't have records of what...
Abrasion on a darkly toned coin.
I then rinse it with acetone to remove the distilled water. :)
There are three specialist books on the varieties of the two cent piece. The Kliman book was the first and the Flynn book is the most recent....
My guess is that somewhere on the coin you will find doubling for Machine Damage Doubling or MDD. Someone probably submitted it as some kind of a...
Nope, just discolored. 85 grains is 5.67 grams exactly what it is supposed to weigh. A missing clad layer would be closer to 4 grams.
Considering there would be two if not three layers of paper on the roll, I seriously doubt those marks would actually be from the reeding .
The beard down around the lower part of the jaw is the highest relief and there fore the deepest part of the die, but as it comes up to the ear...
I think it is both a lamination AND damage. the coin had a lamination but something has hit the coin to force that lamination back away from...
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