Howdy JMD - Welcome to the Forum !! It's been a while since I've seen your smiling face :D Stop by more often ;)
Perhaps - but how many times have you shorted out your keyboard drooling over it ? :D Still effective I'd say ;) Two words for you -...
You just wait - I do happen to have more coins on the way. Your turn is comin pal :p
Sylvester I am convinced you were born in the wrong century :D
Well I think everybody already knows where my taste lies when it comes to gold - all over the freakin map :D From the 14th century right on up...
Nice coins Ian :cool: But I hate threads like this :eek: Inevitably they have a certain effect on me - I want one of those - and I want...
As I suspected based on your description - about 30 degrees. Sorry I cannot provide any definitive values because value is based primarily on the...
Then you have what is known as a rotated die error. These coins do sell for a premium over & above ordinary value for the grade - but it depends...
Howdy quartermania - Welcome to the Forum !! It really depends on what you mean by upside down. The normal method for striking US coinage is...
Something else neither of us yet considered Ian - the local engraver's privy mark. While the name of the local engraver is listed as unknown for...
Appears real to me - known as a clip. It happens when the planchet is punched out of a strip of coin metal and the punch overlaps the edge of the...
When PCI first started out their grading standards were quite consistent with the accepted standards and accurate grades were assigned. But not...
On the contrary Nd - we should all doubt each other when we believe we have conflicting information. Even in this age of the internet and...
I'm using the 3rd Edition - it shows the Engraver General as Jean Warren 1643-72 with his mark being a solid dot. It is also my understanding that...
We lived in caves for thousands of years - should that not have changed ? We have driven vehicles that poison our air & water - thus ourselves as...
I do believe you are correct Sylvester :cool:
Aint it amazin :D
Nahhh - I left that when I edited the message. The edit was in regard to the privy mark. According to Krause at least - Malbay's privy mark was a...
Hmmmm - my info says Malbay served from 1650 to 1654. There is no sign of an overstrike at all - 0. I have looked at many overstruck French...
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