I guess it's a good thing that you can't believe everything you read in that book.
Well kinda. If you make dies using a genuine coin then yes, the dies will have all the same characteristics that the coin had. Only they will be...
OK, let's clarify some things here. A sprue is the hole left in a casting mold through which the molten metal is poured into the mold. Typically...
It's pretty easy to bury them in the reeding with some tooling. That may be why some have the weak reeding you mentioned.
Yeah, it's possible. But you'd end up having to scroll through forty eleven pages just to find what you wanted. Wouldn't be much different than it...
Say what ?? An 1873 Austrian 4 ducat that is worth $18,000 ? :eek: You sure you're reading that right ?
You're exactly right, it is wear. Now what did you pay for that ?
Yup, it's been dipped to death. Fairly common for this to happen. They keep trying to get the dark out of the recesses and they keep on dipping...
AU55 I'd say. Wear on the left knee, right leg, left hand, minor wear on the rock. On the rev, wear on the eagle's breast, the rays, slight wear...
Very good Bart :thumb: Now I know diddley about ancients. But I can tell you this, disagreements about such things among recognized experts...
No, you're absolutely right. There are plenty of genuine struck coins with pimples and raised areas on them caused by rusty dies. But usually they...
eddie, I hate to tell ya this buddy, but pretty much the entire numismatic world disagrees with ya. In fact they would vehemently disagree with...
How many would you like ? http://www.goldbergcoins.com/ http://www.tellercoins.com/ http://www.northeastcoin.com/...
Your coins appaears to have some wear but it's hard to judge how much based on the pics because of the dark toning. But I'd guess it's at least XF...
It would be helpful to us, the readers, if you would use the smilies to indicate stuff like sarcasm or humor. Otherwise we have no way of knowing...
Where'd you get the pic Dru ?
The very same thing you mention - all the graininess. Those coins are literally covered with pimples, bumps and shallow pits. You just don't get...
Just from looking at your pics Matt I would say that they are all cast, even the 1/4 eagles.
Because they won based on trademark infringement. Kinda hard to do that with coins don't ya think ?
Are you sure they are struck and not cast ?
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