Must be a youngster. :) There have been several in my lifetime.
But there are no 1865 dated patriotic dies listed in Fuld, and darn few 1864's. It is possible that a flat top 3 could be mistaken for a 5 but we...
You never know, Canada did it on their Maple Leafs
Fantasy in this case does not mean that he is lying, or making it up. It means a piece made in imitation of something else or pretending to be...
Interesting, but it would look better if the picture wasn't reversed.
That's just it, they haven't made any 2010's so it makes perfect sense.
You mean like ANACS did back in the LATE 1980's!!! (with the scores give by each of the the graders I might add.)
Sometimes the slip they leave at your mailbox if you aren't home gets lost. Many times the package is just sitting at your local post office. If...
David Lange of NGC collects the old coin boards and has some interest in other albums I believe. He would probably like it.
There is a difference between "Mind your business" and "Mind your own business" Unfortunately Green 18 posted both meanings as if they were...
Been gone for several days. The much better pictures he posted right after my last post (#56) definitely nail it down as just a flip over double...
Interesting, I've never heard of this. Notice the severe warping of the fields around the lettering etc. I suspect this die was seriously worked...
If you were to remove a die from the press you would get a "coin' struck on neither side. It IS possible to have a coin struck on one side only...
The mint receives ready to strike cent planchets, bullion planchets, and possibly dollar planchets. As far as I know they still do their own...
Probably not grease filled since if you put a glass on them you see that the digit is fully there. It is just insufficient frosting of the...
Definitely fake. Major clue, they are both from the same reverse die even though they date three years apart. Also notice on the fourth red...
I don't have one but I have seen them before. I've even seen one made from a chain cent.
Any markings on the edge? Typically precious metal rounds are marked somewhere on them with a weight and/or fineness..
It's the subject. Honoring the two hundredth birthday of a Frenchman who had no direct connection to the United States. I doubt if "huge...
Marshall, Any chance of getting larger images of those berries? I've known that the berry and stem was diagnostic but I've never been able to...
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