Viva la difference! However, I too see the reverse side as being more interesting. Who wants page after page or a wall or page full of identical...
Always loved those cancelled Olympic coin dies. Very nice. I am still wondering how those 1982 Panama 0.400 gold Piefort coins got out there....
I think this coin was studied quite a lot prior to slabbing as well. In addition the strike of the coin is just a bit different with some edges...
1977 Smithsonian Jubilee Medal High Relief. Designed & engraved by Arnold Machin. IMO the very best of the QE II portraits:[ATTACH]
I like the design but this is NOT the proof. 1984 FM 20 Balboas in Uncirculated ( all the "freckles" are artifacts and not surface damage, coin is...
You know I love Panama, and have posted many coins. Here is one or two if interested: [ATTACH] But wait, this is an EXTREMELY RARE pattern -...
Charles? Can you send a link or info?
Yes, will post as it returns [if ever!].
Oh, penny I meant to say.
I also have a PROOF 1970 double reverse out for grading at PCGS. These came from “good” sources
No line that I can see in hand. Here are some more photos: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The edges are quite sharp and almost as a proof.
Those marked areas looked photoshopped as opposed to cleaned IMO - that is the "averaging" or smoothing which occurs. IMO it is cleaned however...
Can't locate any edge pictures....Will keep looking. It is NGC certified however. GTG?
Yes, good example of such. This one in the OP might or might not be a different animal....Look at the edges of it - almost proof in some areas.
Here is a coin for you, maybe a trick or Magician's coin? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Maybe not entirely fair as the male lion is called in for the big jobs and will finish off - or more correctly start AND finish off even...
No, the source was Louis Hudson's widow and are from the US Mint originally. I wonder if they are even legal? LOL. She had many, many for sale...
I really like this design but hope they can change it just a bit after 26 years...
Nobody seems to know, but I imagine "restruck" in private hands. One of the dies had some of what looked to be a gold wash or residue in the...
Yes, I wonder if these were the dies used to strike the "OMS" 1982 gold Piefort coins and "trial" obverse and reverses?
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