LIBERTY was hand punched into the master die on the type 1 double eagle. (In fact LIBERTY was actually punched in as LLBERTY )
What? You've never seen a coin purse before? :)
Not at that time. According to Roger Burdette the double striking of proofs didn't start until the 1950's. Those early proofs were struck once...
Possibly a good for token from an elks lodge.
It's OK, no shoulders, just the heads. :)
So drive to Virginia and pick them up in person and save shipping. :)
No. At that time the mintmark was punched into each die by hand and they have a tendence to "wander". If it is in the right area and it isn't...
If both sides are missing roughly half the material is missing as well so if it was missing before the strike the strike would be very weak and...
Same as on the type 1 double eagle, but not the same as on the type 2 or 3. Hair curls on the 2 and 3 drop down lower down at the trucation of...
If she still looked like she did back then, maybe. But at 63 not so much. (Yes Daisy Duke is 63 now.)
The bicentennial half was PSD, but the other two halves he posted in posts #20 and #22 are NOT PSD.
About 10 years ago a lot of Chinese fakes were made from a magnetic alloy, but they wised up fairly quickly and most of the chinese fakes for the...
Air molecules are smaller and they don't have the hydrogen bonding attraction between them that water molecules do so they can pass through much...
And most of that 20¢ is dealer nuisance charge.
The question is...is this a modern fake or a contemporary counterfeit?
But this isn't one of them, notice at the bottom FREEDOM 1993
One reason is this is NOT the same design and relief we are used to seeing today, so add some wear and it looks considerably different.
I'd say it would probably cost you more than the coin is worth, and they won't list that variety designation on the slab.
He does mention S-65 on the 1794, as possibly an unlisted terminal die stage. It shows what appears to be a strong die crack up through the I in...
According to Noyes N-11 is the early die stage with crisp dentils. when the dentils fade and flowlines develop in front of the face and neck it...
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