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Re: Why does one of the Half Dismes in the Heritage FUN auction appear to be much larger than the others
<< <i>One last crazy thought for the night. What if the coin was not flattened and is in fact a counterfeit? Specifically, I'm wondering what might happen if two very soft false dies were used to strike false 1792 half dismes. Could the dies actually spread this dramatically through use? And if so, could the product look… -
Fall back plans for owners of collectibles in case of disaster
I heard about several cases of serious collectors and dealers this week who had strokes without fall back plans; ie passwords for emails, ebay, etc. were not kept and the stroke victims cannot remember them. One of the local serious collectibles dealers had considerable consignments on ebay, family cannot get back and the… -
Re: 1995 Lincoln DDO?? This one is wierd......
<< <i> << <i>...it's a false-die piece for that "second strike"... >> Can you explain what that means (never heard the term)? >> Simplest way to do it is to take a piece of sheet aluminum or brass, fold it over, place a coin between the two sides and squeeze it in a bench vise. This will leave negative impressions of the… -
Re: Any one need a 1964 proof silver dillar? Grading by NCG?
I'm only commenting on the one aspect he wrote that being "struck over real coins" is enough to remove a coin from the purview of counterfeiting statutes. (That argument by the way has already been rejected and convictions for striking counterfeits over existing planchets have been affirmed by appellate courts -… -
Re: CAC Results and request to call JA - Final update!!!
I've spent many hours studying the Trade Dollar that Crypto posted above. The most interesting area is the "understrike" STA that runs up against UNITED on the reverse. Enlarged photo here: The question here, similar to the OP coin, is how does one letter run right up to another with no damage to the top/last strike? In… -
Re: 1943 Copper Wheat Penny, is this real?
It's fairly easy to make counterfeit dies since genuine 1943 cents are made of steel which can be hardened to create a steel hub that can be used to create false dies. This coin looks like a struck counterfeit made using false dies. -
Re: Do you see a face?
He sees it, too! I've just seen a face, I can't forget the time or place Where we just meet. She's just the girl for me And want all the world to see We've met, mmm-mmm-mmm-m'mmm-mmm. Had it been another day I might have looked the other way And I'd have never been aware. But as it is I'll dream of her Tonight,… -
Re: Does the reverse of this Seated quarter appear double struck?
Possibilities: 1. Die struck counterfeit from impact dies where the false die was grossly doubled during the impacting. 2. Genuine coin used to sink a false die with rotation of the false die between impacts. -
Re: Interesting fake shield nickel
This appears to be a cast lead counterfeit. Most of the shield nickel counterfeits I've seen are false die counterfeits (which, IMO, are much more interesting than cast lead fakes). Regarding the date, it has to be 1866 or 1867 because those are the only two years with rays on the reverse. I own two of these cast… -
Re: It was 5 years ago this week...............
Interesting thought, completely unsubstantiated by fact. COULD be true, but could be FALSE as well. It depends of what fact you re looking for. No, I didn't interview the culprit, but a culprit there was - proven by the facts drawn from examined on the coins themselves. Totally substantiated. Motive? Yes, no motive makes…
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