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Lakesammman
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Varieties teach us alot about the mint and the processes in place at the time. I can't imagine collecting a regular series w/o the varieties. Post your favorites and tell us what they teach about the minting process.
This MPD (with a 1 sticking out of the pearls) is alleged to be related to testing the hardness of a die before the date was impressed. The date punch would be tested on the die to test hardness and, if it felt right, the date would then be punched into the correct location. I don't know if that's the real reason but it's the most plausible I've heard to date.
This MPD (with a 1 sticking out of the pearls) is alleged to be related to testing the hardness of a die before the date was impressed. The date punch would be tested on the die to test hardness and, if it felt right, the date would then be punched into the correct location. I don't know if that's the real reason but it's the most plausible I've heard to date.
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I also like all the "micro-O" Barber dime and half varieties, made when the small New Orleans mintmark punch intended for quarters was applied to different denominations. We saw the discovery piece of the 1898-O Micro-O half dollar here a few months ago. Here is the first 1905-O Micro O dime I ever owned (I now have another one in VF, and today a friend emailed me a picture of his in AU)
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
Apparently, it is. Maybe you should have titled your thread "got pcgs modern grades"
I posted a whole thread about die varieties of 1805 quarters and got a whopping 4 replies.
Anyway, here's the pics again, note the hand-punched and differing position of the "5" in the date, the legend "25 C.", as well as the stars in relation to the word "LIBERTY"
so I'll ttt your thread for you, Lakes, but will probably cause it to sink like a stone. Sorry!
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
<< <i>Wow- killer 1909/8 - yours?? >>
YES....trying to get it in it's PROPER holder.
There are several Doubled Dies in the Saint series.
RELLA
who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft
while in fact he has had only one year of experience...
twenty times.
1971-S Proof Doubled Die Obverse #2 FS-033 Class II + V
who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft
while in fact he has had only one year of experience...
twenty times.
In 1917 the Mint made a change to the Mercury Dime so that better detail would show in the wing area. This was done in mid year so you can have a Type of 1916 and Type of 1917 Mercury for the date of 1917. Shown on the left is a Type of 1916 and on the right a Type of 1917. In 1918 the mint changed the detail once again but it was done before production began so all there is for 1918 is just the type shown in the second picture. From 1918 thru the end of the series the wing detail was the same.
Ken
Semper ubi sub ubi
I still say she looks like John Goodman in drag.
One of my all time favorites in the FE series is the clash reverse 1857 S8. Don't know why I sold it.....
Any one of my all time favorites.....the 76-CC DDR Trade Dollar, is there any other coin doubling that matches the significance of this one?
keoj
I have a 1960 LD/SD Lincoln proof but no pix.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
Dismeguy
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As for whether they carry premium value - as far as I am concerned, PCGS can pound sand - they don't drive the die variety market, so saying a 1911D/D has no premium value just because PCGS doesn't put a number on a slab is a mis-statement. Let me know which RPM it is and I'll make a nice offer. I could use another 1911D/D. And, by the way, there was no single die in 1911 that minted 30% of all production. There were dozens of dies used and none of them produced more than a couple percent of the overall numbers.
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Here's one for the Indian cent guys... an 1894 repunched date, Snow-1. I guess the die sinker didn't like the initial position ofthe date, so he moved it down a bit. If any effort was made to remove the original date punch you can't see it on this coin:
Unfortunately, that wasn't the only encounter this particular coin had with number punching...
Sean Reynolds
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<< <i>Here is one of my favorite seated dime varieties, actual a really late die state. Check out the massive cracks
Dismeguy
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THE MAN! OMG!
Smitty - what's the date on that coin?? 1887??