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Re: Question for Large Cent experts
There are other coins and series with clashmarks that far off so this isn't unique. What is odd is that this variety comes in an earlier state without the clashmarks so it wasn't something that happened when they first set up the press. I suspect the set screw came loose and the obv die did fall out and the dies clashed.… -
Re: 20th Anniversary Silver set and Jefferson Spouse prices - Is the market soft now?
The good thing about the Spouse program is that even if it falls off in popularity it still has four times a year for the next 10 years to fire up again in the market which will continually cast interest in the older issues for those who want a complete set. The problem with the typical commemorative coins is that they… -
Re: In GOLD We Trust! - Post Your Favorite $20 Gold Liberty Double Eagles - (Types 1, 2 & 3)
FWIW, it appears that the above referenced Paris Specimen may have been sourced from a special set that was minted in the fall of 1850 while the 1850 Double Eagle in my collection was struck from the first dies earlier in 1850. Numismatic author and researcher Karl Moulton noted as to the 1870 Longacre Estate auction… -
Re: The "P" Mint Mark.
I was at Coin World in the Fall of 1978 when we received the final designs for the Susan B. Anthony dollar in a press release from the Mint. As we were standing around the managing editor's desk looking at the pictures I asked "Where will the mint mark go?" That's the kind of coin geek I am. Margo said that she did not… -
Re: 1861-O
<< <i> << <i>I believe that there are 3 dies states of the 61-o DE and the preferred one is the one with the re-engraved date. But to be honest I don't think anybody knows for sure which were struck and by whom, the half or the DE. >> Randy Wiley wrote this up in the Gobrecht Journal some years ago. Although the die pairs… -
Re: Legend Philly report now posted
I'm not 100% sure, but I think price also factors into the decision of whether or not to buy something. Yes it does. But a definition of neat and fresh shouldn't include bargain basement price but that's usually what is meant by a fresh deal. Something that has been off the market long enough where the seller can't quite… -
Re: The most boring thing is US numismatics is ...
<< <i>Perhaps more tedious than boring, but I have never been remotely interested in varieties, especially those that require magnification to determine. However, the 1970's era US coinage, especially the proof and mint sets, could be the most boring era of US numismatics. >> Isn't that interesting, that early die… -
Re: 1917 Lincoln cent with interesting obverse rims -- any one ever seen one like this before?
BUFFNIXX - 26 years of searching - Congratulations are very much in order - 3 to 4 more are out there somewhere in the shadows, they say. Larry Briggs and those specialists who probably reviewed your coin, made an accurate judgment, IMHO. Yes...obviously the corners fall short...unfortunately.... circulation, someone's… -
Re: Is it time to call the lawyers ?
If we disagreed with the prices we overpaid for coins, we would have all taken at least one coin dealer to court! When the market turns, when the "Top Pop" market dies, when toners fade away, when a series falls out of favor, when a TPG loses respect, etc. All would give us a reason to call the lawyers. -
Re: King of the Ike's; The 1972 T2 or the 1971 D FEP
<< <i>Anacs liked my toners, but only one 65. >> Shark, my best guess (and it's as good a guess as you will obtain at this point) is the mintage of the FEP is comparable to the 1972 T2. MS examples one finds are roughly one grade higher than the 1972 T2. Pricing, therefore, should be around T2 prices down a grade. For…
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