Usually, the strike doubling more of a "bounce" than a full-strength second blow. The result is a smashed looking outline. Doubled dies are when...
This is an example of strike doubling. The die hit the coin twice, and on the second contact, smashed part of the struck design. In honor of the...
It would depend on other offers I get for the slab. If PCGS were to offer 4 vouchers, and I had an offer of $150 cash, I'm taking the cash,...
Grab a cup of coffee or a cold one and watch this video of a presentation I did several years ago at FUN.
Your lights are too low, causing you to get darker fields and highlighted edges. Raise the lights until just before you start getting glare and...
While this is somewhat true, the few people that are studying die marriages and buy and catalog these things don't expect to make money, but...
And what a task that would be. 1867 alone has a mintage of just north of 30 million. Given how common die clashing and breakage is on dies that...
I have a dropper bottle of unscented lamp oil sitting around for doing photos. It turns out it softens label goo so that it's easily wiped off....
Same here. The A reverse looks like a worn out C reverse, although perhaps the way the leaves overlap each other is a difference more easily seen...
Nice! All I ever get in change is clad. ;)
Just got the wiki back up and running.
The wiki is down today. The message board is up. I'm trying to resolve the wiki issue now.
Yeah, I just saw that. I thought I left it working last night, so I was surprised to see it down this morning. I'll be able to look into it more...
Not while in the holder. The coin has been re-holdered at least once, so there's a remote possibility that a shard of plastic scratched it the...
The thing is, when this coin was originally submitted (note the 7-digit serial number), it should not have been holdered at all, due to the...
My money's on them honoring the guarantee to avoid publicity. Wrong dates, wrong denominations, some wrong attributions can be ascribed to...
If your only objective is to make money, you will probably be disappointed. Buying this sort of stuff from the mint as it's made is more like...
Do the approvals come with post-paid return packaging, or are you on the hook for return shipping costs?
Not VAM 1B. Even without being able to really get a good look at where the clashed E would be, I don't see other clashes that should be there,...
I agree with die deterioration. No doubled die here.
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