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Re: Why I don't collect moderns
<< <i>I have no problem with the gentle folks who collect moderns, I am just echoing Laura's stance that paying big bucks for moderns is a dangerous game for collectors to get caught up in and many will take beucoup years to recoup their investments (if ever). >> See, for as much as a few people think I'm a "modern basher"… -
Re: Anyone collect varieties/errors?
GQ, purchase Wiles' RPM book and Wexler and Ribar's new Best of the Jefferson Doubled Dies book. They are wonderful references and Wexler/Ribar is particularly helpful in providing other die diagnostics to help you confirm doubled dies, which sometimes can be difficult to attribute on late die stage strikes. Each helped me… -
Re: Rotated dies (looking for some insights)
<< <i>OK, 0-180, that's good, that's how these should be described. I guess I wasn't thinking... For coindeuce: why would the anvil be the one to be apt to be rotating; also, can one assume the hammer will always hold the obverse and the anvil will always hold the reverse? If you know... >> The assumption is that if the… -
Re: Mint Errors ?
Somebody seems to have somehow scraped off the design on the quarter's reverse, maybe with a Dremel or something. The cent looks like it got scraped up on both sides, likely in a parking lot or other asphalt/cement area. The quarter is interesting in that a certain mint error, called a "die cud", could make a coin look… -
Re: Too late to buy gold?
If you are going to be holding gold for five years, then today or tomorrow is the same difference. I personally think there will be some profit taking and that Gold will pull back before it rises again. Buy on the dips if you are going to buy. I think that the dollar will have one more rally and that will shake out some of… -
Re: Great boxing photos
Fascinating article about Ace Hudkins. He was hell on wheels. Nightmare in Dreamland: When Ace Hudkins Crashed Coney Island By: Carlos Acevedo “All he wanted to do was fight, fight, fight.” Paul Gallico He tore out of the Great American Desert to make a mockery of the carefree Jazz Age, trailing behind him the dark shadow… -
Re: A new 1841 O Dime
by 1843 the new Orleans mint must have solved at least some of thier problems as the entire production of the dimes (150,000) was (supposedly) accomplished with one die pair. it stands to reason that as scarce as the 1843-o dimes are, a good portion of the 1843 production may have actually been dated 1842. this is very… -
Re: Well I just got my grades in on my 2010-D Jeffersons. Up date on Grades.
Did someone at PCGS goof or did the U.S Mint send out bags of the wrong coins, or are they useing the old dies from the satin finish coins? I thought you said it all with this statement but more importantly, what do you think the coins resembled? BS or SF coins? What form of manufacturing would be acceptable for a coin to… -
Re: Is every military casualty investigated this much? Or is it because Pat Tillman was a "celebrit
I see nothing wrong or false about what PSA wrote either, most of which is a quote from Tagliabue. "On April 22, 2004, Pat Tillman died during a combat operation in Afghanistan, fighting for our freedom. Pat, who played for the Arizona Cardinals from 1998 through 2001, gave up his lucrative football career after the… -
Re: This double-struck dime looks funny?
I'm very familiar with the late 1960's Counterfeit coins that originated here in Southern Calif. The counterfeits include 1963-D Silver Quarters, (and of course many No Date Silver Quarters), & 1964 Kennedy Halves, (and No Date Silver Kennedys.) This particular dime shown, is not, imo, from that group - every single one of…
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