Easiest way to tell if you have a 22 high relief if you don't have a 21 handy for comparison purposes is to look for certain die characteristics....
I have to say that when you get to the Comparison stage in the first post, I prefer the one on the left.
Because then he has to absorb the loss. If he can pass it on he doesn't. If it comes back again he can recognize and refuse it. Of course that...
Mexico 8 reales struck at the Durango mint The CP are the assayers initials Carlos Leon De La Pena. The 10D 20G is a weight designation....
Weak strike. It would take a lot of pocket wear to remove that much detail and if that was the case the fields would not have the flash and...
The first link tells us that ALL planchets are burnished before striking, both the Goodacre and the regular coins. So that burnishing can't be...
Today many (if not most) proof dies actually are created from hubs with slightly different designs than the Business strike dies. The 1996, 98,...
Actually that sounds like possibly good evidence that it IS Longacre doubling.
From what I saw of them when they came out I am of the opinion they were burnished after striking. To me they are just an altered coin.
Yes but after stagnent designs for decades what we wanted was the occasional change in designs, not multiple designs per year for year after year....
All of the 1976-S half dollars are either 40% silver (Unc and Proof) or coppernickel clad proofs. They did not make any 76-S coppernickel clad...
I can't locate any except the American Numismatic Society
Depends on the time period, they had done both. Before 1840 individual numeral punches were used. In 1840 they briefly experimented with two...
And if for some reason you deside that you really do want to upgrade your Redbook, I would probably wait a few months. The 2010 should be out in...
Jazz if your two Roosevelts are the result of two DIFFERENT clashed dies, then they are two different varieties. But the variety status comes...
Sorry Toad but to a large extent I don't believe that the government should be regulating every little thing in our lives and more people need to...
You aren't interpreting it wrong, but they ARE interpreting the legislation wrong. The legislation does require the 2009 cent to return to the...
That was a mistake on Van Allen and Mallis's part. They gave them variety numbers when they shouldn't have. Later they came to realize this and...
The itsy bitsy kind that allow you to put two of them into a closet. :)
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