This would make an excellent book/monograph. ICG will slab them as counterfeits, I doubt they would grade them and I donot know if they would...
Fake or copy made for decorative purposes. Splasher were typically made using a low melting point metal such as tin or lead. A "button " of...
Sorry, counterfeit or unmarked post 1973 copies or devices for making the same. Counterfeit/counterfeiting paraphernalia. Sec 489 Whoever,...
If they are tying it to the 100th anniversary of the womens right to vote Amendment in 1920, expect a women's suffragette such as Susan B Anthony...
Sec 489 and 492 are interesting though. 489 does seem to say that possession is legal as long as you intend to keep them (giving them away is not...
Well since all the dies were made at Philadelphia they would have to be shipped from Philadelphia to the destination mint. If the dies were...
"Roll of Morgan dollars. Nice coins, full rims, clear dates, AU/BU. But I would have no idea if a coin was cleaned or not. " From what you have...
A list of ten coins EVERY collector should own is worthless without an explanation of why they are on the list. (And I am keeping this all US...
Did you miss the part in my post where I said the dies had COPY in raised letters on them so the replicas would be marked in compliance with the...
No other letter on the coin that small to be the source of a dropped letter. Where would he get an S punch that small? None in use at the mint....
The only way I can see to do it is to have COPY in RAISED letters on the die or mold so that when the replica is created it has COPY incused into...
As near as I can tell from looking over the laws, no it is not legal. (Title 18 Chap 25 Sec 487) The one way it seems to be OK from that Sec is...
Thanks Burton, I've never seen one in a BCW type slab. (And if you don't mind I stole your images.)
I just look at the AME. Don't examine the space between the A and M, don't examine the space between the M and E, just a quick general impression...
Double post, sorry.
Since it is a S mintmark there IS chance that it is silver. The first test is to check the weight If it is close to 5.67 grams it's plated. If...
That's a WAM, normal for 1992.
OK, like I said they went on sale and sold out in just a few seconds. Pretty much if you weren't the first order attempt placed you missed out....
No they didn't, that is the actual edge of the slab. I have seen many of these and they all look like that.
Die were never transferred between mints except between Philadelphia and the mint where they were intended to be used. One possible exception to...
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