On Morgan dollars, the stars were part of the master hub, so there is no variation from die to die within any year except 1878, while the designs...
The vertical position of the 81 might vary from die-to-die, as observed, but it doesn't make a useful diagnostic, because it's difficult to see...
Yes, two different things. With the Magic Eye stuff, I cross my eyes and the image is recessed into the background. Since your brain doesn't...
The Magic Eye stuff doesn't work well for me. Those work best when you diverge your eyes -- left eye looks left, right eye looks right. When I...
At CSNS, I had a chance to shoot a Wiener Synagogue medal. It's pretty rare, from what I understand, and the only synagogue medal he did. I...
I'm a bit of a hybrid, perhaps like other Class of '75s who thought the Bicentennial stuff was neat, started as a kid at the time when there were...
I still wouldn't dip it. It would really mess up your dip.
I don't think it's real. These were rather crudely made coins. Here's what an authentic 1714 escudo should look like. Many were recovered from...
Yes. That's one of my discoveries. The assumption is that the dies clashed through some piece of debris, since they're directly opposite each other.
The article says (said, 2 1/2 years ago) that the Philadelphia police, not TSA at the Philadelphia airport, are the big property grabbers. Whether...
The reverse looks funny close to the rim on the lower half of the coin. It almost looks like it was machined out and replaced with another...
NGC has several generations of plastic, and their newest is additionally available with a scratch-resistant (not scratch-proof) coating. In my...
Nice haul! I'm looking forward to seeing more of the PL Columbian. Seems like a real stunner. Be aware, however, that CAC ignores the + when...
I guess I can see where you might have gotten that from. [IMG]
There's another black spot that shows up in the newer picture at the lower inside edge of Liberty's right sleeve. This is probably not on the...
I picture catalogers sitting in a circle like the gang in Eric Foreman's basement on That 70s Show, coming up with catalogese terms.
I will only advise you to spell advice with a 'c'.
I don't see how these could have been printed before 1996, since they accommodate the Canadian $2 coin. They are cool, though.
60x is way too much magnification. I have a 7-30x scope, and I imagine it's usually set between 10-15x. I have a Bausch & Lomb StereoZoom 4 with...
It is possible to avoid the tolls around Chicago. Traffic, not so much, although I-90 west of the airport (a tollway) is really nice now.
Separate names with a comma.
