Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;usmc60, post: 2927603, member: 76739&quot;]Well Mr. Weinberg what you&#039;re saying is absolutely true.</p><p>But Sir what I&#039;m calling a first-rate coin I would put in the category of the first 750 coins at the machine puts out when it first starts with a brand-new die.</p><p>These first 750 may be the first five or extremely well hit because of the brand-new dies. And in my view I would consider these what would be called cold strike coins.</p><p>And Sir there is a difference in them. They have been found throughout the years, I will try and find the coin World article that talks about these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know Mr. Weinberg, what would you call the first couple coins that are struck by the press. I don&#039;t know I&#039;m just an old Marine with an old way of thinking that these coins were the first one struck from this machine at this time I&#039;m going to call them first strike coins.I personally do not believe that is the wrong term.</p><p>But then again I&#039;m not an established expert I&#039;m just an old Marine.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m surprised Sir that in all the years in the shows that you have done, that no one has walked up to you with one of these coins.</p><p>Sir I was actually up in a coin shop up in Seattle, when a young gentleman came in with one of these quarters. The owner told the gentleman what he had was a proof quarter. Worth about $.50.</p><p><br /></p><p>The gentleman left the store and I told John you didn&#039;t recognize That the quarter did not have any frosting on the high spots which distinguished it from a proof coin.</p><p>He basically told me all he seen was&nbsp; shine and luster of the coin&nbsp; and took it for a proof coin. That was my first experience with these coins over 20 years ago.</p><p>Sir there is a difference in the coins.And since there&#039;s such a small quantity of them. coin world consider them quite collectible. I should know I have a couple myself.</p><p>USMC60[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in