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I collect 1794-1807 silver and copper die marriages, with a few gold. There are a lot of ways to collect these by variety such as just the year and overdates, by hub (head), by major variety, by die … (View Post)

S-57 Pyramidal Head. The die state is an early DS5 with the die bulge over ICA and the start of the die crack from rim to upper lip. Very nice coin with a story to tell, congrats. Each of the 1794 di… (View Post)

Another Scot Virginia currency engraving a few months later, after the Virginia Seal was adopted with Sic Semper Tyrannis (View Post)

Engraved by the person who became the US Mint's first appointed chief engraver: (View Post)

@RogerB said: Roger's comments are similar to die grinding/lapping/polishing described in Ephraim Chambers Cyclopædia published from 1728-1738 in London ("Matrix" is a "Dye"): Add… (View Post)