Waterbird specimen not up to this and now that was 13 years ago! Rob, do you have pictures of the '99 sale currency 1854? or 1863?
All good points except this is the "glamour" PCGS photo so a bit of license there I suppose, and the coin does have brownish toning in hand. Also...
And here you go, the obverse is softly struck as can be seen (on the other hand possibly the best I’ve seen): [ATTACH]
Ha, you are no slow study. I am making a point and will show the obverse in a couple of hours....
This coin is a notorious rarity of the Victorian silver currency series and if a USA coin might be a 5 to 6 figure coin. So the coin was issued...
OK, Rob, I like the 1958 (S) shilling!!!!
But the metal is "retreating" AWAY from the strike itself (in the event of no collar) and so would certainly think there to be a softening of...
Did you say "Lustre"? Here ya go: [ATTACH]
Yet another, the leopard has a glint in his eye: [ATTACH]
But it is the general principle that I was addressing - the relief of local striking pressure by adjacent structural defect lending to a...
Back to the point of dispersing pressures - the denticles show that on this coin, and the Blakesly (sp?) effect might be coming into play??
Really wonderful design, simple but a bit of elegance. The reverse edges/rims almost prooflike however on yours, I like it!!
Hmmm, my thick head does not follow - why would there more detail being struck up if metal is flowing away from the strike?
I got this coin not long ago for very little. It looks to be ordinary currency but in hand is so sharply struck that it appears specimen. Well...
Indeed, and these are the general case. However, many coin that I have reported on have MUCH more limited initial mintage with minuscule survival...
Here is another 1953 English reverse, or is it? [ATTACH] But, wait a second as it only weighs 2.59 gms Obverse: [ATTACH] Split...
I got this coin just recently: [ATTACH] Well, it does weigh 2.59 gms and is approximately 23 mm. in Diameter. Wait, what does the...
Yay!!! The 1957 S a bit better date in the Lizzie series...
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