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Re: Renaissance Medal - Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta by Matteo de' Pasti
For those interested here's another interesting version of Isotta Degli Atti Personage Isotta Degli Atti Isotta Degli Atti, of Rimini, mistress and subsequent third wife of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, “Signore” of Rimini. Married Sigismondo in 1456 and died in 1470, three years after her husband. Artist Matteo Dei Pasti… -
Re: PLATINUM 10th Anniversary Sets - On Sale 12-13-07 12:00 Noon
The coins' reverse was designed by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Thomas Cleveland and engraved by United States Mint Medallic Sculptor Phebe Hemphill. Featured on the 2007-dated platinum coins, it is the second design in the three-year series entitled, "The Foundations of American Democracy,"… -
Re: 2024 New England Patriots Discussion Thread
Whose the worst pats WR bust of all time? My top three choices would be: 1.Hart Lee Dykes 1989 16th pick. played in 26 games for Pats then was out of the league due to a knee injury in a game and an eye injury suffered during a bar room fight that also involved teammate irving Fryar. 2. Chad jackson 2006 36th pick. played… -
Re: Reverse Silver Eagle Dropped Letter
first don't let feedback from others lead to you not posting. you're just getting corrections to make posting better. the first picture looks like a D but the second one does not. Even if the second picture is ignored, the first one that looks like a D is too small for the "D" in "God" and it also looks like it has serifs… -
Re: circulation find, strange dime, weird strike?
It could also be a "Die Adjustment Strike", also known as a die trial. Described by Alan Herbert as: "A coin struck during the adjustment of the dies, showing on the struck coin as weakly struck parts of the design appearing on both sides of the coin, the rest missing because of low striking pressure. Usually the central… -
Re: Anyone know anything about GM roller press cents?
Thanks, conder. Here's a little more info that I left out. The nonsense lettering and numbers on the fifth trial are not totally nonsense. The gibberish contains codes that identify the dies. The Mint has never acknowledged what happened to the actual cents that were coined from the GM press, whether they were released… -
Re: What is the rarest US regular issue coin?
It all depends upon what you call "a regular issue." Would the 1876-CC Twenty Cent Piece be in the running? It's not the rarest, but the coins were made for circulation then ordered to be melted so that most of them never got out of the Carson City mint. My take on this is that it should be a coin that was issued for… -
Re: Some more raw coins, including a nice 1955 nickel and 1969 quarter
<< <i>These were some more recent coin show purchases, all raw. I'm thinking the '55 nickel and the '69 quarter have a shot at MS-66. In all my searching, this is the best '55-P example I've run across. Not FS by any means, but it has a decent strike and doesn't look like a lifeless piece of metal like most 55-P's. >> What… -
Re: 1981 Topps signed Win Remmerswaal PSA/DNA
Ah, the craziness that is autograph collecting. I am guessing that there would be very little interest outside of a 1981 Topps or a die hard Red Sox autograph collector, aside from maybe some folks who just want to own things that others perceive to be rare and seem to have no other connection to an item. I collect signed… -
Re: WTH is this??
<< <i>Of course it's an 'error'. Unless you can convince me that the Mint purposely makes the obverse and reverse dies come together without a planchet between them, with a force of 50-70 tons, on purpose, it's then obviously an error. The term Error, imo, covers everything wrong with a coin or planchet. You can easily…
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