Strict security along the lines of what Chris mentioned in post #4. The work clothes aren't disposable though. They do go through metal...
Titanium IS very hard and very strong, but it is also brittle. Hubbing titanium may not be possible, and dies made from it probably wouldn't hold...
Mouse refers to a large die chip that forms on the top of the head of several different years and varieties of large cent from 1817 to 1819. 1817...
Even if it was done at the mint it is still just damage. Plus you can't tell if it was done at the mint, or in the bag during shipping, when the...
Sharpness grade of the first one is a little higher on the first one, but I'd rather have the second one, better eye appeal to me.
What would you suggest they make the dies out of instead of high quality tool steel?
I don't know why people complain that the show is scripted and rehearsed. How many people would watch a show where people and a camera crew sit...
Interesting "coin". Looks like it has been rolled and straightened, has had a vice job done on it, and the most interesting thing is it is a 1796...
If it is soldered on it is already damaged. With enough heat you should be able to get it off the lamp, but you aren't likely to be able to get...
There are several working solid gold toilets out there around the world.
They were getting 100,000 per die pair back in the mid 19th century. Today rough figures are 300,000 to 500,000 for five cent pieces, 500 to 750...
Make that two planchets enter the press at the same time and are struck. The lower piece stays in the collar while the upper flips over and...
The fact the front of the coat is almost separated from the rest of the bust is fairly impressive. Not valuable, but impressive.
You do in 1983. they had problems with it so later years are struck on planchets with a double thickness copper plating so you don't see it near...
Meow, You mentioned the grease fill on the reverse and you showed the obverse, but no mention of the severe overpolishing of the obverse die?
From the image looks more like a gold plated quarter.
I've actually found that perversely the Blalesley effect for some reason is more likely to be missing on large clips than on small ones.
Except that SOME of the 1969 S DDO cents do show MDD on the mintmark.
That's a fairly EARLY die stage of that variety. Ebay coin [IMG] Mid stage coin [IMG] Terminal stage coin [IMG] [img]
Not on the planchet, they were on the die blank before it was hubbed. The got in a hurry when they turned the face of the die blank and instead...
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