And then of course there were the Ultra high relief pieces. These were basically patterns and they took 9 blows of the medal press to strike up...
As I posted in the other thread, I think it is both. I think it is a legitimate off-center strike that has suffered post strike damage by being...
Don't think successive, think progressive. A grease strikethrough could produce a whole string of examples each slightly different as the grease...
Back then the mintmarks were punched into each die by hand so every die used would have it in a different position. It is possible that a die...
But by placing the initial order you agree to the subscription. Now once you cancel the subscription (And it is best to do so in a way that you...
That's because it is a doubled die.
But if you are just doing transition year TYPES (as the OP seemed to indicate) then you don't need the 1873-CC no arrows dime, a philadelphia coin...
What days would those be? The part about sending approvals has been in their ads since at least the mid 1960's.
Not finning. I strongly suspect these were not struck in a close collar bur rather an open collar and you don't get finning with an open collar....
My comment was based on the images posted in the OP. The first two clearly show the result of a coin that stopped rotating during the edge...
It has probably been subjected to some type of chemical etching with has removed enough of the metal to result in the lowered weight.
This may have actually been part of a mint set once, but the cent is Philadelphia while the rest of the coins are Denver, the holder is not the...
Could be the result of two clashes with the dies being aligned a little different between clashes. One thing you have to consider about posted...
Better and closer pictures would be nice. Crop out everything but the coin and post using the full image option not thumbnails.
It IS possible to turn lead into gold, but it is expensive and takes some pretty high powered equipment.
Wide AM, all 1960's are wide AM.
Probably. The whole innovations dollar thing has been a rush job. Something like two months from the law being passed to the end of the year to...
Three if you want to include the half dime. 1793 chain, wreath, and liberty cap cent 1796 liberty cap and draped bust cent 1839 matron head and...
Simple answer, have you noticed that no designs for the 2019 Innovation dollars have been announced yet? (Or if they have I missed them...
Would they actually go to those lengths to confirm it?
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