It’s been over a year since I’ve posted an update, but here are two recent acquisitions that are new die marriages in my set: 1818 B-7, R4 (NGC...
Here’s my example of 1820 JR-1: [ATTACH] (Great Collections’ images)
The cracks don’t follow the exact same path, so they were struck from different dies, but those are both very cool die cracks. Evidently that must...
The date is odd because the 9 was punched into the die too high… this is called the “Fallen 4” variety (S-63).
Not a bad addition despite the graffiti. This die marriage (B-1) is unique in that it is the only 1831-1838 reverse that has berries on the olive...
The 237 survivor estimate is one of the more glaring examples of how inaccurate PCGS’s survival estimates can be. The PCGS population report shows...
The die marriage is Browning-2, which is the most common of the three die marriages known for this date. Two obverse dies and three reverse dies...
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My lowest mintage coin is my 1824 quarter, with a suspected mintage of 16,000. [ATTACH]
I agree with BD-5… it’ll be interesting to see how this one plays out.
The OP “coin” is intended to be the 1829 large date (BD-1) variety. There are only about seven of these known to exist, so a genuine example would...
In general, you will need the reverses to be able to attribute them. The exception would be if the obverse die was only paired with one reverse...
I believe that the flame test they’re referring to is the Beilstein test. This test is a qualitative test to determine if there are any halogens...
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I saw this thread title, and it reminded me of a very similar thread I posted five years ago, where NGC slabbed an 1832 dime as an 1822. It goes...
The issue with the PCGS guarantee is that they could try to say that it’s a “mechanical error,” in which case someone could be left holding the...
You could try posting about it on the PCGS forums, or you could email them directly. There’s a good chance they’ll try to contact the owner...
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