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shirohniichan
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I've received little feedback regarding the article I published in last month's Numismatist, and what I have heard is mostly "corrections."
I really want to know if I wrote anything historically inaccurate, but I've yet to hear a genuine correction. Here are the two most common objections I've heard:
1) There are many other transition year coins with different designs used for the same denomination in one year (e.g. the 1795 dollars) that I did not include.
Response: In the first paragraph I defined "transition year coins" as "two circulating coins of the same denomination and bearing the same date, but with completely different obverse and reverse designs" (emphasis added).
2) I said the coins are all affordable, but the chain cent and others are certainly too expensive for most collectors.
Response: I specifically exempted the 1793 cents, the 1807 half eagles, and the 1916 Standling Liberty quarter from the list of affordable coins and pointed out that they are over $1,000 each in Good condition.
Does anyone have any corrections that are genuine corrections and not just a misreading of the article? I'd like to learn more about the coins I've written about.
I really want to know if I wrote anything historically inaccurate, but I've yet to hear a genuine correction. Here are the two most common objections I've heard:
1) There are many other transition year coins with different designs used for the same denomination in one year (e.g. the 1795 dollars) that I did not include.
Response: In the first paragraph I defined "transition year coins" as "two circulating coins of the same denomination and bearing the same date, but with completely different obverse and reverse designs" (emphasis added).
2) I said the coins are all affordable, but the chain cent and others are certainly too expensive for most collectors.
Response: I specifically exempted the 1793 cents, the 1807 half eagles, and the 1916 Standling Liberty quarter from the list of affordable coins and pointed out that they are over $1,000 each in Good condition.
Does anyone have any corrections that are genuine corrections and not just a misreading of the article? I'd like to learn more about the coins I've written about.
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No, scratch that. I do, and I read your article, not even recognizing you as the author!
"Skimmed" your article would be more like it, really. I'll have to go back and read it properly.
<< <i>I've received little feedback regarding the article I published in last month's Numismatist, and what I have heard is mostly "corrections." >>
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<< <i>I have to confess I'm several issues behind in my reading ... at this rate I may get to read it (re-read it?) early next year.
But you did read an early version last year!
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