Is it listed on the BCCS website?
Just Keep @ it. It doesn't take an expert. I know because I am no expert.
Lafayette Dollar
There are two different RPM varieties listed for 1909-S. None of the 4 Known S-VDB dies are listed as RPMs - so this makes two additional S...
I Thought you already won an example of this variety (lower grade AU) in a previous auction. I agree - I doubt any of the Bidders (except you) are...
Perhaps - if the recycled strike was struck by a different die.
Sam Walton started with a Ben Franklin Franchise purchase for Newport, Arkansas in 1945.
Your images hi-lite the coin's design detail much better than those used for the auction. Good cherrypick.
Many several years ago the forum @ Lincoln Cent Resource spun out into a separate website named The Lincoln Cent Forum. Now it looks like those...
10 years ago spot gold was in the $1200.00 range. You buy that same coin you paid $1,600.00 today @ spot of say $4300.00 and gold then falls down...
We may be talking about different types of coins. I was referring to coins which once carried a numismatic premium but has lost its premium due to...
But these coins have less downside risk.
My superficial examination - the MM position looks to be the same on all 3 - so I say yes to same die pairing.
@bikergeek - Sean nice to meet you too. Thanks for the additional info - I'll update my list. Right now I am looking at the series in a somewhat...
My counting shows there to be 93 different die marriages for the Capped Bust Half Dime coin series. Add the recognized re-marriages for a total of...
Looks to Me Reverse-M suffered from acute wanderlust - my count comes up with 8 different die pairings stretching over a period of 4 years of coin...
Thanks for the info. I believe I now understand the basic LM variety cataloging system.
Just so I get a basic understanding of how the variety cataloging system for Capped Bust Dimes works - looking @ 1829 for instance, I see a...
Not familiar with Capped Bust Half Dimes but My count shows the series used 39 different Obverse Dies and 36 different Reverse Dies? What about...
@KBBPLL - I have never been able to confirm with absolute assurance where/when in the die making process denticles are added to the coin design....
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