A deep subject largely uncovered by most books. It is a good book as far as it goes, but there is more to learn on the subject. As I understand it...
I think the doubling in the profile is clear for sure
This is an interesting[ATTACH] colonial era error on a 1775 George III half penny. This coin was struck once, then a second flan got between the...
As I have mentioned in the past, I clean ground finds as a hobby. Sometimes I get a surprise. This one was just such a one. What was revealed on...
I love these old counterfits, and their thin flans made them stick to the dies more often producing decent numbers of these cool old Brockages....
Hi All Just thought I would share this cool error. It is a ground find, but still cool IMHO. Its hard to see the Triple strike from the Obverse,...
Hi I have always seen it with an I but I suppose a Y works too? Gary
A nickel is 5 grams A quarter is 5.6 grams..... There are pens jewlers use to test if something is silver. I bet it fails.
Thanks, I just posted a second error from this same series you might find interesting Nice Dbl Strike error on a 1771 George III "Symian" half cent.
As mentioned recently on my Brockage post, these Symian half pennies are part of a family of "crudely struck" half pennies and cousins to the...
@paddyman98 If you like that coin, you will love this... its not my coin, but it is mindblowing....
Just got this guy in the mail today and IMHO he is pretty cool. These Symian half pennies are part of a family of "crudely struck" half pennies...
I guess even Kings have allergies... Obviously a "strategically" located die break. Makes me wonder if a disgruntled mint worker had a hand in...
Thanks... I even got the Frizzen to move again.. as you can note its change in position in the before after
Correction, one was... and trust me when I tell you, I can tell if that were being faked. Restoring ground finds is a passion of mine. [ATTACH]...
They made imitation half pence in the USA and in Britain. Here is a cool article on the US minted ones (mine errors are not US minted)...
t There are hundreds of varieties.... you are pointing at a "Regal" half pence. There were as I say hundreds of "contemporaneous counterfeit"...
I am confident overall. The triple struck one was a UK Ground find, it came to me green as grass. It is still retoning. The double struck was...
Hi Thought I would share these two. The triple struck, which is in kinda tough shape, is really only noticeable on the Reverse. Still pretty cool...
Thanks for the additional background. Their example sure is worn down.
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