In PA there's no sales tax on coins, but there is on paper money and collecting supplies. Why? Who knows. Who can fathom the ways of our great...
But that doesn't look like a worn die to me. I see a weakly-struck coin from perfectly good dies. Of course I could be totally wrong - I know very...
I found five on eBay that were certified by NGC and ANACS. Is that way too many to be escapees? I'm not being argumentative, I just don't know.
Here is NGC's definition... Die Adjustment Strike: Also known as a die trial, this error occurs when a coin is struck from the press with very...
So apparently the term 'die adjustment strike" either needs to be cast aside or reinvented. If we can't know that a weak strike was created by an...
I like those! Thanks - now I have some Norwegian coins to hunt.
The Ike album is the only one I ever completed, way back in the day. It's very satisfying to fill it up so easily. I filled up the four blanks at...
I was born in 63 so too young to remember that one, but yeah - for Apollo 12 grades 1-4 were put in in the gym in front of a b&w television to...
I agree. I looked at a lot of certified die adjustment strikes, and there's an abundance of coins that only a mother could love priced at three or...
:yawn: Change my mind.
I had exactly the same experience, but it was Apollo 12 when I was in second grade parochial school. @Skyman Great post! Are all of those items...
I don't have it in hand yet. I'll let you know when it arrives. Educate me as to what difference the reeding makes...
That's why I bought one certified. I trust NGC to know the difference between an adjustment strike and merely a weak strike, or a strike-through....
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I bought this dime because it had great eye appeal for a die adjustment strike - the devices are strong but they look like they're fading in (or...
I happen to like that portrayal of Jefferson. I just wish it were struck in higher relief. As far as the money goes, it's all relative. If the...
If someone went to all the trouble to counterfeit an obscure modern Peruvian rarity, I would consider the forgery to be as cool a find as the...
[ATTACH] PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ Drachm, 40mm, 73.6g, 12h; Alexandreia mint. Struck mid-late 260s BC....
I don't think it's difficult to imagine this coinage as something akin to US Civil War Tokens - not seeking to usurp the central authority, but...
Glad to hear he's doing well! At his age, the one thing he can contribute to his numismatic knowledge is the taste test. (Be careful none of those...
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