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Re: Are there many women who collect coins?
Hopefully @Stork will comment. (View Post)1 -
Re: Strange phenomenon on edge of 8 reales - can anyone explain?
Wow, excellent edge photos through the slab! That is a very hard shot to get in focus. So it looks like a die break in the edging die, but to have two breaks on both of the edging dies at the same sp… (View Post)2 -
Re: Small blob on a Peruvian 4 Reales rim... is it solder or mint-made?
Also the blanks were run through the upsetting and edging mill before being struck on the screw press so I think it's possible for a cud from a die break to extrude from the edge. (View Post)1 -
Re: Small blob on a Peruvian 4 Reales rim... is it solder or mint-made?
A coin run through a parallel edging mill, aka Castaing machine must have two points directly opposite each other on the edge where the coin rotates through the mill and the edging dies start to hit … (View Post)1 -
Re: Small blob on a Peruvian 4 Reales rim... is it solder or mint-made?
No collars on genuine issues. It does look like a die break happened above the N in HISPAN on the reverse but it's curious that it's also right where one of the two overlaps of the edge design is vis… (View Post)1