I couldn't quite get the drawn lines at the correct angle (not that good free hand) but they are close. The red line indicates the approximate...
Now you're getting into a whole nother game :D I know many ancient collectors who consider the end of the ancient period with the reign of...
For the sake of clarity - regarding the coin in this thread, I agree. As I said I believe they are flow lines. It was only the coin in your...
The one in #45.
True, but many will extend that to the advent of milled coinage in 1643. But your point is quite valid. What is considered a classic what is not...
Mike - you should know me better. No insult was intended. My fault - I should have used a smiley with that comment. You and I may strongly...
So do I.
No, I'm being honest. You can't have one without the other. And when you, or rlm, can explain to me how it is possible to have flow lines run...
But you cannot have raised lines unless you also have low areas (incuse) in between those lines. That is what defines the lines afterall.
Well not really because the waffled coins are not worn out coins. They were coins that the mint culled before they were ever shipped out.
The Mint used to run ads in the coin mags a few years ago krispy - offering to sell the waffled coins. And profit would have been recognized under...
The answer to why is money. People do it because they believe it will allow them to sell the coin for more money than they could have otherwise....
Don't know why you'd bother, I can already tell you what the opinions will be. They'll side with the TPG. And still won't change my opinion....
No you didn't say always. But yet every coin that has been posted in these threads you have claimed that the marks were planchet marks and not...
And I submit they are not. The progressive & additonal marks on and from the O moving upwards and through the legends to the marks just inside the...
Ahhhh - but they don't "get away" from the mint - they are sold by the mint at a profit ;) Those not sold by the mint are sent to refiners...
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