Roger is a regular on VAMWorld. He finds a few gems in the archives for us now and then. Back in December he kick-started a flurry of activity...
VAMWorld, where I'm the site admin, and PCGS. I lurk on the CAC forums now and then.
Nikon D610, 200mm Micro-Nikkor, two gooseneck lamps. At home I use a Kaiser RS-1 copy stand, at shows I use a Feisol carbon fiber tripod with the...
Roger Burdette has turned up correspondence showing that improper planchet preparation was the cause for a lot of the New Orleans weak strikes....
Much of the weak strike problems in New Orleans was due to the planchets not being properly annealed before striking.
90-O is a pancake issue, and this is no exception, being exceptionally weak.
I watched Road to Perdition, set in 1938, recently. Coins appearing were correct. A Peace dollar was used to pay a kid and someone twirled a...
That was Jack Nicholson. "We still have two out of three branches of the government working for us, and that ain't bad." Awesome movie, though.
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Monroes are notoriously hideous, so one that looks nice is definitely a keeper. Your upgrade looks nice. Well done! Here's mine (PCGS 63) [IMG]
The don't create jobs as much as they are jobs. At what point to they become make-work jobs?
That's a very common place for Peace dollar obverses to develop cracks.
It's the B1 reverse hub. About 25% of 1922 Peace dollars were made with reverse dies that came from the B1 reverse hub. I don't see a die crack...
Correct. Dropping a coin of the cent's purchasing power from production has proven to be no big deal for many countries. The nickel could be...
Congress can authorize a design change or composition change or a new denomination. Other than commemoratives and some precious metal issues,...
That's what the Treasury Secretary is in charge of working out after being informed they need to stop.
The ink protects them from the paper. Here are some of mine. [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH] It's not just copper that tones like this in Whitmans,...
The Numismatist, March 1962, has an article "Saint George and the Dragon" that discusses an Armenian medal as its main subject matter, but...
Whitman folders will tone coins. Sometimes the results are better than others. The coins on the second and third boards are exposed directly to...
Correct. I wouldn't be surprised if there's an article someone wrote about St. George and the dragon on coins over the centuries.
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