There are several other cases in the early coinage where blunders were made in the punching in of the letters in the dies which were than...
Right, note UNITED and the fraction. :) [IMG] OK I admit they spelled it right, they just punched the U upside down and then corrected it. Sure...
And the bonding is done by high pressure rolling of the sheets. Plating is done by immersing the metal object in and electrolyte solution that...
Late stage capped dies are most always on the hammer die. But depending on the series and the year the hammer die could be the obv or the rev...
Yes I know, it is the only 1803 that I don't have, and it really bugs me that I will have to pay thousands for a coin that isn't really that rare....
Does anyone have an image of one with the Oak Ridge inscription?
First you have to understand why we have all 11 MS grades. Originally when the ANA adopted the "Sheldon" system there were only 3 MS grades, 60,...
Not silver plated, nickel plated. The pure nickel plating is magnetic but there is such a small amount of nickel that although the coin is...
The irradiated dimes were created as a souvenir by the general public visiting Oak Ridge , or exhibits they had at a couple of events. The dimes...
Answered on the other thread, the "Dripping" is caused by a worn die.
I don't see anything on the third and fourth images, the "dripping" of the date is due to a worn obv die with flowlines drawing the details toward...
Depending on what the reverse look like I really like the 84 O and 85 O in the last image.
Not bad, at first glance I thought it was an 1801 but dropped that idea pretty quick. Took me a little bit to identify it. Would I have it...
Because when the varieties were first described in Early American Cents, and also in Penny Whimsy in 1958 the S-264 was not an R-4+, I believe it...
Yes they were.
Nice.
Exactly when the theory was first proposed I can't say. I do know it dates back over 40 years. It does make some sense, as the notched star does...
OK Lincoln has been on billions of coins. So has Jefferson, Roosevelt, Washington and I think even Kennedy has been on at least a billion. Is...
A "flat die" is exactly what it sounds like. A die body that has had the face or striking surface either ground off flat, or removed to a flat...
Several other leaf positions are wrong for it to be an 1804. The leaf points under ST, AT, M, and RI are all wrong. Position of the berry right...
Separate names with a comma.
