Another, and very important, reason why todays coins are lacking in relief is because of the speed at which they are made. When a coin is struck...
Right! Cartwheels should be big thick copper coins with King George on them. :)
But the test work was not done using regular production dies were they? Typically since 1942 the Mint has used either "nonsence" dies or dies...
The 1936 to 1942 coins were also sold as individual proof coins. Sure you could buy all five coins and get a "set" but they didn't have to be...
In that case all you need are slab shells, not slabbing. And the sentence would be true if you replaced the word slab with the name of any other...
They also both have to have the money to send it to the moon, and they both have to have the money available at the time it goes on sale, AND they...
No it isn't because the coin is a Liberian coin and their currency is denominated in Dollars as is the currency of many other countries. As I...
Roll slab for the 5 oz hockey pucks?
Glue
I feel there is a slight problem with the uniface theory. If two planchets were put in the press at the same time,that would greatly increase the...
The Fed can't just sit and wait for the mint to strike up the coins that the Fed orders so the Mint does have a stockpile on hand to fill orders...
OK, photoseal isn't a slab, but it is more than just a sticker. It also includes a laminated photocertificate of the stickered slab. But since...
Not too expensive, can be done for under $100. And if you are a self slabber you can probably get by without the business license or insurance....
Proof coins are not theoretically circulating legal tender. Legal tender yes, but the whole theory behind them is that they will NOT circulate....
The split serifs on the 1 were what I spotted as well. It looks good to me.
It used to be part of an encased cent. Part of the encasement design got struck onto the edge of the cent. One of the encasement dies was...
What has that got to do with anything? Flip over doublestrikes happen on other denominations as well (or at least they did). If there weren't...
They shouldn't be reguarded any less. The US NCLT's are garbage as well. I did better than that! I never bothered wasting money on them and...
Struck through a mid stage capped die.
Separate names with a comma.
