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@mach19 said:
If you have purchased one earlier..... does this exclude you from this round ?

Didn't stop my order.

Please skip the suggested rubber bands.

ATS 12,425 now...

@FlyingAl said:

@Givaudan said:
Always the complaining.
I don't see anyone else taking better photos of coins.

I'll play.

The True View is horrible. I would be embarrassed if I sent out a coin looking like that.

Going to be real, Phil Arnold set an extremely high bar but that doesnt allow the current team to send out photos like these. The difference in coin to photo is so different now that the photos are imo damaging to the coin. Online buying is hard and not everyone is a photographer so if I had to go off of those I would avoid a lot of times. I can now shoot coin photos now so I don’t depend on the trueviews as much but I have a lot of prized coins in PCGS holders with trueviews and I’d be insulted if some of them had the new style photos. PCGS team, you need to up your game in the nicest way possible.

Purchased this on eBay just recently.


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Listing was "Moonlight Mint Daniel Carr 1884-CC Cancelled Dies 2 oz silver medallion"
Seller item description: "Neat item, I don't know the history on it."
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We know that in 2021, Dan produced 17 cancelled die strikes on 50mm 2oz bead-blasted blanks, using 1884-CC cancelled dies bearing 37 on each shank - die pair 37.
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However, in the late 1990, Don Schmitz also used cancelled CC mint dies to strike 48mm , 2oz blanks, minting 170.
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Both the Schmitz and the Carr look very similar. You can tell which is which simply by looking at the cancelling X marks and orientation. (There are other differences...see comparative photo in the article linked below)
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While Dan use die pair 37, Schmitz used 1884-CC obv die with 38 on the shank, and paired it with an 1878-CC die. All of the dies in both instances where likely among those found by Dennis Casinelli when doing excavation work for a new Nevada State Museum parking and patio area.
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Read more in this article that I wrote back in 2022: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRYewBCZT6QSgjJ2W9CLrGMPgNzozFnmVsuPsFumXnUshiF7kl1EMjZS-eJrd5JI_BVmyVKL7wSM2Q2/pub
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The eBay listing was wrong - this was a Schmitz piece, but I knew it. The Schmitz cancelled die strikes rarely become available, and I know of none of the 50mm/2oz versions that Dan did becoming available since they were originally sold.

@SurfinxHI said:
Man, it is obviously overgraded by at least 3 points. Tell you what. Ship it to me, and I'll pay ya melt for it. Then you won't have to worry about the terrible grading and scruffy holder any more.

Surf

That sounds like something a coin shop owner would say.