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A lot of that is die wear. The criss crossing lines might be gouges from hasty die refinishing before putting the worn die back into service. People call them flow lines, but I always found that term… (View Post)

Regarding 179 vs 192: I was going from memory and just misremembered the total number. I did not look it up. Thank you for the correction! Both the 1 Pfennig and 2 Pfennig are tough in MS66, even tho… (View Post)

I try to be holder agnostic when it comes to buying coins, so I'll end up with a fair few NGC coins. I am slowly working on a 1 Mark registry set, so I decided to crack and cross a batch of NGC 1 Mar… (View Post)

A coin like that deserves to be at the top. (View Post)

I'd do what I do now, albeit more effectively. I'd work more gold into it as well. (View Post)