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Re: Farran Zerbe's 1904 Gold Louisiana Purchase Exposition (LPE) Medals
The majority of the Zerbe gold 1/4 (both varieties) & 1/2 1904 show clash marks or weak, uneven strikes due to the very thin planchets even thinner than the US gold dollars mentioned above. The p… (View Post)1 -
Re: Let’s see those impressive die cracks
Die cracks resulting in a terminal shattered die are only part of the natural abuse imposed on this innocent CWT by an uncaring die sinker -- perhaps he was too busy selling made-to-order MS67s out o… (View Post)15 -
Re: Copper or Gold?
In the series of official Gerald Ford Presidential Inaugural Medals only the gold medal was struck in the 32mm size. All the other official medals in all the different metals were struck in either 63… (View Post)2 -
Re: Blatz Beer CWT
We always called Old Potosi bottles Lava Lamp beer -- if you held an unopened bottle up to the light there would be some things constantly moving up and other things moving down. At one time before P… (View Post)1 -
Re: New Purchase - Washington Stars Medal 1st Obverse 97-A
You might be searching wrong as auction records show at least four graded examples of GW-272/Baker-97A have been auctioned since 2017 (MS63-64-64-65 with both NGC & PCGS represented). Your piece … (View Post)1