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Re: Seriously, why dont they make a square coin?
<< <i> << <i> << <i>Round coins are most efficient from a metal-flow and striking standpoint. They require the least pressure and cause the most distributed stress to the dies. By the way, manhole covers are round for a different reason: that's the only shape you can make them so they do not fall in when rotated. >>… -
Re: A False Reading and Verified By Two AI's
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Re: Stack's 1798 B30 Dollar Copper "Die Trial" - for serious collectors
In my opinion, if the mint employee was trying to exacerbate the reverse die's cracking issue, would not the imbalance of metal in the press extrapulate a false example of the issue? Aside from the "8" being oddly out of position in relation to the other dies, I would have to agree with PerryHall. -
Re: What's the Chance this 1908 Indian Cent is Genuine Double Struck? Help appreciated
Fred is agreeing with Dan, as did I. Perhaps you did not understand what a "vice job" is. It involves making a pair of false dies from two sheets of metal in a vice, turning the coin and squeezing it again to emboss the coin into the impressions made during the first squeeze. -
Re: 1870-CC Quarter on Ebay.
I have no idea why anyone would bid $8,000 on a raw coin like this that could be faked. I am no expert when it comes to Carson City coins, but the surfaces look odd on this piece. At best they have been cleaned. At the worst this is the product of false dies. -
Re: HELP on value of 1913 british gold sovereign in au
<< <i>To stop or lower the chance of counterfeiting. Subtle details that are easy to pick out to a numismatist. bob >> Normally a counterfeiter will create his false dies using a real coin as a model and some transfer technique such as casting. Any feature on the host coin will be transfered to the counterfeit die. -
Re: 1922 Plain, going for under 20 bucks...who wants it? WARNING, ANOTHER EBAY FRAUD!
ok if you get this cent by the die crack through the O that would make this a real 1922D no D cent . This is a very good way to see if it a real cent and not an altered cent. By no means is this the only way to tell if its a real 1922D no D cent. The dies used for this if anybody wants to know is the 1 and 3 die for the… -
Re: So yeah, I just went to a coin show in Salt Lake City
Thank you for the interesting report. When you read of a choir practice where 53 of the 64 people in attendance became infected and two died, then you have to wonder if coin shows will become super-spreader events. Masks are giving people a false sense of protection. -
Re: Are there any 1943 cents struck on 1942 or 1944 cents?
A mysterious ghost from our past has asked me to mention that there are some fakes known wherein somebody made a fake set of 1943 dies, perhaps using the impact method from the steel coins, and used them to falsely overstrike genuine 1942 cents. TD -
Re: Update on my emails to others regarding 1849 Half Dime Overdates -- We have a verdict!
RE: "it was technologically impossible to "fill" the old date in a die before punching in a new one." This is incorrect, as are the assumptions based on a incomplete understanding that follow. Earlier attempts did not fare well and it was often considered too difficult to bother with into the first years of the 19th…
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