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$1 1798 reverse wear pattern
So when I saw this $1 1798 I wondered how did that vertical wear happen on the reverse. . . . . Another search of the variety ($1 1798 4 Lines Knob 9 - B-5 BB-93) revealed the answer. It is a big die crack from top to bottom. I suspect the height is uneven and perhaps from side to side as the striking is a little uneven on… -
Re: An example of why modern collecting is very volatile...
Most moderns sell for a fraction of the difference in one 95-O upgrade from MS63 to MS64. I suppose someone finding a bag of 95-O's stuck away in a hoard would have an impact, but I think that misses my point. There are coins within each modern series that most of us EXPECT to explode. There are also coin's we expect… -
Re: Why does PCGS GD4 Morgans have a ton more detail than a GD4 early copper cent?
This is a complicated issue because you are looking at two coins made during different eras when the technologies were totally different. The 1794 cent was when the U.S. mint was really an amateur operation. U.S. Government officials had been unable to attract professional coin makers from Europe, and the people who were… -
Re: Variations Not Noted on Flip
I was successful in getting them to note the different Red Rooster Gretzky's on the flip but I definitely had to send them in but I think this would fall under the free re-holder service, no? -
Re: New Roosevelt Dime variety found.....to be hits not a variety
I've had a couple people ask how a dropped letter happens, so I figured I'd just post it here. Now, I'm no expert, but here's my general understanding of it: Raised letters and devices, like the designers initials on this dime, are incuse in the die. When grease or other minting gunk gets clogged up in those letters and… -
Re: Half Cent Attribution - My Offer to Help
@jesbbroken Very nice example of advanced die crumbling on that reverse. As I’m sure you know, people try to collect coins with reverses showing the progression of this particular deterioration. As you say, who cares if there is some damage to your coin as long as you can focus on the important elements of the coin? Here’s… -
Re: New Purchase: 1886-O NGC AU-58 (PL) Morgan Dollar -- VAM 1A - Top 100 - "E" Clash Mark --
<< <i>Fascinating purchase. Anyone who knows prooflikes and clashes understands they are not two things that should go together. They make for such an exotic condition that it is a likely impossibility for most cases. They can be produced one of three ways. (1) As a 1st generation prooflike from fresh dies. In that case,… -
Re: How many of you had/have parents, grandparents or other ancestors who collect(ed) coins?
My grandfather worked with money and would swap clad coins in for silver coins and bring them home he did the same with wheat cents, IHCs, Buffs, etc. He died when I was 9 and a year or two later I first saw his collection and became very interested in coins. I focus on the things I like (19th century proofs) but I've… -
Re: Joe Torre and King George
i dont think george is in good health anymore,he wasnt at the games that i saw ,if he was in good shape he woulda been there and they would been cameras on him like always,id say other guys might be calling shots maybe, guy might fall over dead in a day or two,havnt heard anything on him or seen him,like fidel castro ,just… -
Re: Mystery solved PCGS 1959 1c
I do hope you realize that if it truly was a proof die, you'd have a deep cameo test coin? To have a brilliant proof, at a minimum about a thousand test coins must have existed. Of course, your whole theory about your coin being a test is completely and truly false. They don't exist. For the true numismatists here, here's…
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