I seem to recall an article that the die in those years had the central items, Lincoln and wheat transferred by a central image "master die", so...
As to the weight of the coin, does your scale have zeroes after the decimal. such as 3 g ( no zero) , 3.0 g, or 3.00 g, etc. The more zeroes...
I read that as a "Collection" of all of the state set over possibly all of the issue years. The price of the single illustrated coin appears to be...
Gold and silver is of course a good basis if the area is civil to each other. Several weapons ( best if all same caliber) that use the same...
PMD , the mint electroplates the zinc planchet with copper. You don't see distinct lines by electroplating, more granular deposits, IMO. Jim
I have ordered fakes from China before for my own studies and each time the advertisement states in wording that it is not an original. The...
Everyone gets their own explanation over time For me, an "Error" is when a step in the process of making or placing dies on presses is altered due...
So the oddity was placed on the dies by unknown personnel either of the mint or ghostly invisible workers. These DDOs or DDRs then are not...
A blessing on your head !!!!!
I agree! but if a person keeps trying, sooner or later someone maybe will buy it. The photos are not very good, but it does have the fake shine as...
2 definitions: How do surety bonds work? How does a surety bond work? At its simplest, a surety bond requires the surety to pay a set amount of...
"Seeing familiar objects or patterns in otherwise random or unrelated objects or patterns is called pareidolia. It's a form of apophenia, which is...
There are fewer members who can do since the "Big Reduction" so get in some reading material until help comes.
The above is correct. It's a little like the mint people clapping with one hand. You can't strike a full coin if one of the 2 dies is missing or...
"but the problem we then have to guard against is that specialists in general learn more and more about less and less until they finally know...
I agree with Paddy's : By all means, for most of us, Fred Weinberg is THE expert, whereas the other authors who classify them as they are...
Hey insider, does your company have an XRF gun and how much do/would it charge for testing validation? I have thought seriously about starting a...
Seems there were none in the 19th century with first mint production in 1936. At first the coins were ordered and bought separately, but later...
I would go MS62 with this one face, what about the obverse?
From my ceramics courses I taught for a couple of years and was in charge of the Kilns . We just used clay. no metals, but both have to have...
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