When a planchet overlaps an already struck coin the overlapping planchet receives a normal strike on one side and a partial brockage strike on the...
I have to wonder if the publisher knows the book has been posted online? Is this an authorized posting or a pirated version?
Part of the problem is they way the reference books have listed the Philadelphia coins over the years. Back before 1979 when they had no...
The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail is located partially within DE. What they will do if they do a second round I'm not...
David, I really would have liked to have been more specific but something we learned back when I helped identify the fake NGC slabs is that the...
David, Look at the Jefferson in your last post. You can see the back of Jefferson's head in the indent area and you can clearly make out the...
I don't agree with Mark_H. I don't think it is S-197, I think it is something much better. Mark, note the "bald spot" in the center of the head....
You mean to tell me they don't have SOMETHING that would qualify out of this definition
The copy in the original post shouldn't get past anyone familiar with the series. From the poor quality of the copying I would say it looks like...
Your welcome Jazz, he basically said what I did, that an indent need not be a semi-circle and can be deformed. We all, you, me, and Mike, among...
When you read the legislation you find that the choices can be National Parks or National Historic Sites. I would bet that every state has MANY...
This can be especially true with copper coins. Copper seems to almost "attract" a film of oil to itself and you never really see a copper coin...
Don't be so quick to condemn the sale of this counterfeit. The British and American counterfeits of this medal had an important propaganda...
Actually I believe the number of Presidents who were Masons is only 15. I checked into it once in response to a claim that al of the Presidents...
One correction York County, Maine
Well fairy tales are supposed to have happy endings.
I got my father started collecting. No one in my family collected, I was a self starter and then infected my father so I would have a funding...
Are they? The official ANA grading standards calls an MS-70 perfect, possible PCGS does as well, but every service including PCGS state that they...
I would call it an indent as well. I said no such thing. All indents are strike throughs, but not all strike throughs are indents. A strike...
Not always. When the overlying planchet overlaps the deep recess area of the die the indent can be deformed and not a regular semi-circle. And...
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