The overall look to me says it is a cast, especially when comparing it to this piece from Vcoins....
My offer to make as many of these as you want is still open, after all, it is just a coin that was damaged after it left the mint.
Looks like the Peace dollar had been lacquered at one point. Start off with a acetone bath and see what happens. At this stage of the life of...
These are very cool. do you have any medals that almost were? For the Bush II second inauguration, Medalcraft mint worked on a design that was...
the technical term for this is...are you ready? Post Mint Damage. This is a scrape to the rim that bumped a small amount of metal up on the surface.
I have made some for people and now that I have my new (to me) coin press up and running, I will be making more.
If you are interested in errors, You should start by buying books on errors, joining CONECA, and disabling you tube from your computer. Damage...
Most brick and mortar coin dealers are far and away not experts on errors. Do a little extra research on what you have been told so far, Potter...
Meh.
I took it a few years back and I would say it is well worth while.
The original with moving parts was made by Roman Boteen, the non moving ones are die struck fakes from china, not even a real coin to start with.
Pretty obvious, whoever made the dies didn't polish the die blank very well before cutting it and whatever CNC mill and software he used to to cut...
I've already posted once that I'd be more than happy to duplicate your damaged coin in whatever quantity you want, I'll even take pictures of the...
Hey, I work in a machine shop and I am the guy who carved the hobo nickel pictured earlier in the thread. I also hand cut dies (like the one I...
Die pressure for a nickel is higher than for a dime and since the blank didn't reach the collar, even less pressure is needed for a good strike....
There is a hobo nickel carving class at the ANA summer seminar and scholarships are available. Check the ANA's site at money.org
There was an article on these in Coin world back in the 70's. It was a very poor way of trying to pass a 10 dollar bill as a 100 by coloring in...
If you compare the piece to an actual mint product, they are not identical. the Legends and the date switch sides and the devices are a poor...
worth 10 cents.
This post is quite timely. Several years back I was given a baggie of Nabataen coins which ended up on the back of the desk as I don't collect...
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