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Re: Do you think the U.S Government could confiscate Gold again in the future, or any other rare metals?
I think I've heard variations of this question at every coin show since the 1970's, when I started going. I tend to avoid "the sky is falling" crowd mentality, I'm betting many of those people from shows past died being bitter, paranoid people. Not for me. Yes, I voted never. -
Re: HOF Order numbers, time of order, and mix of HOF's thread...Updated Pops Report inside
<< <i>My opinion is that eh now that the hype has died down somewhat these coins will eventually become what all U.S. commems have done, they will come down in price with maybe a small premium overall because of the design. >> Not exactly an accurate statement. 2001 Buffalo still commanding a substantial premium and the… -
The Sacred Stone of Kaunos
In addition to coins, I'm very fond of meteorites, and therefore any "sacred stones" from antiquity pique my interest. These show up on a number of coin types and I was very excited to acquire this hard-to-find early example from Kaunos. Kaunos was a prominent trading center in Asian Minor alongside Lycia and Caria. It was… -
Re: 2000-D SAC $1 multiple errors
That explains a lot. In my experience, this is a fairly common engineer’s mindset when approaching coins. Engineers are trained to analyze problems logically and work toward rational explanations, which is often a strength in numismatics as well. The problem is that, when that mindset is combined with limited experience in… -
Re: Finally, my Proof Dollar Olympic die set is complete
I picked up a 1995 W Proof Reverse die which 39 were issued. My die serial number is W5 630138. Mitchell, I am curious if your same die serial number falls between W5 630100 to W5 630138, which would equal the 39 sequentially numbered dies. Thank You ! -
Re: Exonumia: a guide to Lord Marcovan custom elongated coins
"These are my own custom elongated coins. I had the dies made and coins rolled out by Cindy Calhoun of "Cindy's Cents", who is president of TEC (The Elongated Collectors)." just to add Cindy is A warm generous person with a very extensive Elongated Cent collection and I always look forward to seeing her at the fall PAN… -
Re: What causes these marks
OK, let's think about this together. Look at the coin. The raised design is sunken into the die. The highest part of the design is the deepest part of the die. Some-ting-wong? And why would so many of these coins have these marks in the same location? Seems there are lots of screws falling on to the Obverse dies of lots of… -
Re: Describe a coin that may not exist, that realistically could exist, and that you would love to own..
The dies for the 1869-CC dollar were shipped and received in Carson City in the fall. However, the personnel were not all in place to begin coining. The mint Director, Abe Curry, sent them back. However, the machinery was up and running and I would suspect that some trial pieces were struck. None have shown their face,… -
Re: Die variety for the 1915 Pan-Pac dollar?
At that time (and actually up until 1990) mintmarks were punched into each individual die for all non-proof coinage. Since your beautiful dollar falls in that category, it would be one on which mintmarks were hand punched into the dies. You don't have a variety, you have proof there was more than one die involved in their… -
Re: For all buffalo nickel collectors, Try grading this 1936 buffalo nickel!.
I saw the coin yesterday. It has the satin surfaces, absolutely no sign of clashing, and the edges are mirrorlike but the strike is deficient (88% of the satin proofs fall just short of full strike status.) I'm sure that proof dies were used to strike circulation coins which might explain the surfaces but that wouldn't…
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