Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 2608017, member: 20480&quot;]You have what appears to be a transfer die for counterfeiting a 1956 Roosevelt Dime. </p><p><br /></p><p>Others have raised the possibility that this is a casting die.&nbsp; It is not.&nbsp; A casting die would possess a sprue (or runner) to supply the molten metal, a gate for the entry of metal to fill the cavity, and a vent for excess material to exit from it, which this tool does not. </p><p><br /></p><p>A transfer die requires none of the three features mentioned above.&nbsp; It requires only the design details of the coin itself. </p><p><br /></p><p>A genuine die from the US Mint would:</p><ul> <li>Possess more and sharper design details than your tool does;</li> <li>Not exhibit a depression in the tool where the rim of the coin used was pressed into the tool, which this coin does.&nbsp; Thus, the term &quot;transfer die&quot;;<br /> </li> <li>Be made from a round piece of bar stock with one or more alignment flats on it, and not exhibit such an elaborate keying system for alignment in the press;</li> <li>Not exhibit the extruded edges on the back of the die, which indicated that it was a pressed tool, rather than a machined one).</li> </ul><p>As suggested elsewhere, you are heartily advised not to sell this tool until you have checked with authorities who have jurisdiction over the counterfeiting of US coinage.&nbsp; That would be either the Department of the Treasury or the US Secret Service.[/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