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There seems to be a bit of a revival of interest in BIEs, with quite a few new folks (and old ones too) searching for them. Recently @CoinHI posted an interesting new discovery of a 1957-D BIE, which… (View Post)

The key part of the definition is bolded above. This definition includes things like RPMs and Doubled Dies since all coins struck with these dies include these "mishaps". It does NOT includ… (View Post)

I don't think the government has ever rolled coins, except for special purposes. That is unless you consider the Federal Reserve Bank as part of the government. The Fed banks started rolling new coin… (View Post)

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The main issue I have with axial lighting is the degradation of image quality as the light has to pass through the 45-deg glass. To avoid this, I developed a technique a decade ago I call "smile… (View Post)