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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8157636, member: 24314&quot;]I&#039;ll experiment with that BUT I find it easier to respond <b><i><span style="color: #660033">inside</span> </i></b>with a different color.</p><p><br /></p><p>GoldFinger1969, asked:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Insider, let me make sure I understand this.&nbsp; You are saying that the <b>TOPS of letters are at the BOTTOM of dies </b>(the deep parts) and that if you see the same error /defect repeating on multiple letters (i.e., multiple low points on the dies)...that&#039;s a sign of a fake because it shows multiple defects on letters ?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033"><b>Yes</b>, the deepest part of the die becomes the highest part of a fully struck coin.&nbsp; Since coins don&#039;t circulated the same, unless it was a defect on the hub, identical coins should not have the exact same hits on the tops of the letters because it is very hard to nick the deepest part of a die.&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">I have to say: </span></b> <b>these newsletters, even though dated, are fascinating and very-well written.</b>&nbsp; Still have useful information.&nbsp; Thanks to Insider and KP for making the PDFs available.&nbsp; FANTASTIC reading on the story with the MCMVII HR&#039;s and other coins as well, plus lots of quick tidbits which I like to read....bang-bang-bang...quick and to the point. <b><i>Great work, Insider !&quot;&nbsp; </i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><span style="color: #660033">Those newsletters were written over thirty years ago. Please ignore <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> the &quot;we&quot; instead of &quot;I&quot; used <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> in the articles. I&#039;m also reading through them and will be searching for Vol. 1 Issues.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #660033"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #660033">In 1986, the major services were an a learning curve.&nbsp; The dealers were almost fifteen years behind the authenticators trained on stereo microscopes at INSAB (the 2nd authentication service and 1st TPGS) and eleven years behind the ANACS guys&nbsp; They were putting altered coins in slabs mostly out of ignorance.&nbsp; However, one story I love to tell is at a major show I informed the owner of a major TPGS of this with thought of helping them become better at detecting altered surfaces.&nbsp; I told him these errors were all over the show and then walked a few feet to a case full of slabs - eyeballed an obvious altered coin from three feet away and we took it out of the case.&nbsp; His reaction to an 1881-S altered dollar graded MS-65 was &quot;It&#039;s only an 1881-S!&quot;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Class over. See you. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><br /></p><p>GoldFinger1969, posted: &quot;<b>This could be Insider or another veteran at CU:</b> &quot;<i>I&#039;ve had a chance to go over most of the posts again. I don&#039;t have time to post at the moment but here are some things to consider:&quot;&nbsp; </i></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660033">It was I.</span> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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