Apologies for the delay in response. I'm at college at the moment and do not have access to my copy of Hartill (will on Monday when I go back home...
Hey all! Calling all world and China cash coins experts! I was watching this coin last week on GreatCollections since I've been looking to add a...
I'm assuming it's a center punch made by the die maker. [ATTACH] Here's a comparable dot on my "Earl's Tavern" token from Albany, WI. The dot is...
Nice coin!
This is pretty cool of the Mint to do! Voted highly for the flying eagle cent and high relief St. Gaudens :)
Very interesting to hear. I am a huge fan of Phil's work. The only cost to me is that hard-to-see toning on some coins will probably be more...
Also thought die wear could possibly be responsible.
I've always assumed these are from die polishing. Curious to see if anyone else has any other ideas.
Beautiful coins! Congrats on the grades, especially the 70s! Does anyone know anything about the "Blood" counterstamp? I am not super familiar...
You're correct that, technically, it still could be a 1992 (though statistically unlikely). If you sent it in to a TPG (third-party grading)...
I had never heard this before. Very interesting.
Agree with everything Paddy said.
Very pretty coin. Great addition!
Sometimes perspective gets confusing when looking through a microscope and it becomes difficult to tell what is on top. Sometimes my eyes play...
Wow, that is so cool! I love the design. How can you tell? Is the legend incorrect?
Congratulations on the acquisition. It's a bucket-lister for many of us. Glad you were able to pick one up with a well-defined...uhh...reverse ;)
Wow, that's fantastic
[ATTACH] And here's mine. Not the nicest image, but it does the job!
You bring up a good point that I hadn't considered. I think off centers and uncentered broadstrikes occur in the same way, but if any of the...
I'm going to guess PF 64 in case the images are hiding any surface hits
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