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Re: POLL: Buying raw coins from Stack's sight unseen, do you agree or disagree with this statement?
<< <i>Buying raw coins from Stack's sight unseen, do you agree or disagree with this statement? >> russ, big-e di NOT BUY THE COIN SIGHT UNSEEN. was'nt aware of this poll until this morning, but i did'nt vote since part of your premise is false K S -
Re: The forum needs a little humor.
Posted by Eddiespin on another chatroom: These two old chums meet up after many years when one says to the other that he’s getting married for the 4th time. The other asks, “What happened the last 3 times?” The guy says, “They all died.” The other says, “Wow, how did they die?” The guy says, “Well, the 1st one died from… -
Re: 1922 "no D" cents
Ok for those of you that dont know the story behind the 1922 no D lincoln cent it goes like this. These are the result of poor planning on the part of the mint. On Febuary 26 the Denver mint ran out of usable dies with about 500,000 more lincoln cents still to strike. The Philadelphia mint was contacted and asked when new… -
Re: How can you tell a REAL 1943 COPPER lincoln? Auction over at $1310.99
Some 1943 copper cents are created by taking 1948 cents and tooling the final digit of the date. Also, since the 1943 cents were made of steel, some counterfeiters have used them as hubs to create false dies to strike fakes using unstruck cent planchets. A coin such as this definately needs professional authentication. -
Re: Check out this cool Oregon territorial pattern...before it hits page 70. :D
WOW the ten $ are rare to boot. BTW _ If you like the Oregon territorial stuff, I was doing some research on some Oregon territorial bonds I own and came across a document that says that the dies to strike these were given to the Secretary of State of the Territory along with 1 each of the $5 and $10 coins. The state of… -
Re: Show Us Your Lucky Penny
Created approx 2013 by master counterfeiters using genuine and often repaired source coins to create the false dies. This one is apparently struck over an (1843) petite head large cent, probably in a lot of culls. Just theorizing, but the smaller diameter of the 1843 relative to 1796 die could allow for a slight off-center… -
Re: 1861 Clark Gruber $20 Overstrikes and Jack Leon Klausen
All of the 1861 CG $20 "Fantasy" pieces are from the the same false dies used to strike the more commonly seen semi-PL fake non-overstrikes. And the overstrikes all seem to have provenances that originate with a California dealer, whom I believe was active from the 1950's or 60's until his death perhaps a decade ago. -
Re: Just an impression but is there declining interest and premiums for First Strike coins?
I agree... a bit. In the past, some dies would produce a few spectacular coins and then the quality would drop off immensely (think deep cameo Franklins, DMPL Morgans). The first strike from a set of dies on those could really be something special, but you can also identify them by the fact that they look like they do.… -
Re: Card of the Day
61 year old card with Norman Saunders' depiction of the events from 160 years ago today, July 3. Down in Gettysburg Saw them fall Bloody Gettysburg Took them all Waited for the word... Never came Retreat from Gettysburg I've seen a lot of wicked things Heard a lot of people cry I know it couldn't touch the pain Of seeing… -
Re: Coin World Exposes the Fraud that is "First Strike"
It's as simple as this. The very first coin struck from the very first set of dies is the one and only "First Strike". That particular coin, no matter what it's price, value, or significance given falls under the realm of the Coin Hobby. Any coin after that given the First Strike designation is nothing more than a bunch of…
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