Sorry I don't know what "download regestry comp slow down program to New Intenet opened" means. Please explain. If your point is that using...
You possibly already know this: this variety catalogs as FS-002.4, F-09, S1-7000. I consider varieties that show both a strong DDO and a strong...
In the aggregate, missing leaf varieties are scarce but not at all rare. By that I mean diligent searching is likely to turn up a small number of...
The dates were punched with a 4-digit gang punch. It is not far out to consider the idea that all 4 digits would show repunching. (We probably...
Not quite sure what you mean. On a doubled die, the original impression will be somewhat obliterated by the second impression, leaving the...
There are some very nice coins, even undergraded in old PCI 10 digit slabs. OTOH, there are horribly overgraded coins in newer PCI slabs. Be...
What you are looking at as a smaller 6 is a smeared image left of the primary 6 at exactly the same size. This is strike doubling, no question....
All lies, I'm sure. :)
The date of the coin is strike doubled as are some other devices on the coin. There are what look to me like minor clash marks on the east side...
Of course you're sincere - goes without saying. I posted in the above thread.
@tibor: there is lots of reading material on my site. The errata page has a list of good books on shield nickels at the bottom. Thanks for the...
I am not strong on grading from pictures. I believe the weak areas on the coin are strike and not wear. The date doubling is strike doubling, not...
After not posting here for many years, I reviewed a lot of shield nickel posts and found a number of points of confusion and/or misinformation. I...
Looking through old posts about shield nickels... The coin in question here is strike doubled and not an RPD.
At the time I made the comment to PatternCollector, I didn't remember I had an account here. So it's my mistake, not his.
The original coin in this thread is definitely a DDO. The annulet, cross, and lowest horizontal shield lines show a typical shield nickel DDO....
Since the coin in question shows reverse IIa, that can't be the attribution (FS-1304 has reverse IIc). The degree of corrosion makes attribution...
[IMG] I can almost always tell from a photo if it's any 1883/2 provided the date is sufficiently large. For the variety you reference, check to...
Yes, it is a new variety. It is no longer common for me to encounter a new DDO that is not an 1868, so I was very pleased to learn about this one...
BTW, correct usage of "stage" vs "state": Die states are the result of wear to a die. Die stages are the result of a visible change to a die...
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