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New Book for those interested in the Confederate Cent -
This new book may be of interest. You can google the title to find out where to buy the book. The description is from the publisher's web site. "The Lovett Cent; a Confederate Story" by George Corell, Harold Levi “The Lovett Cent; a Confederate Story” is about the Confederate cent. There are false and misleading stories… -
Re: PCGS graded fantasy patterns
The Swedish pieces are authentic fantasy issues. They are not copies of an official coin. The Carr 64-D's were made from false dies of an official coin. The two things are apples and oranges. Why did PCGS decide to grade the Swedish pieces? I don't know, but I can see a legitimate argument for doing so. On the other hand,… -
NEWP: ND. Venice. Lodovico Manin, 1789–1797. 2 Scudi della Croce
ND. Venice. Lodovico Manin, 1789–1797. 2 Scudi della Croce, o.J. (undated). Dickabschlag in silver from the dies of the 1 Scudo of 140 Soldi. Mintmaster: Giacomo Foscarin. Weight 63.22 g. Dav-1569, Montenegro 3336 (Scudo). Obv. •LVDOVICVS•MANIN•DVX•VENETIAR• / •G•F• – Floral cross (blumenkreuz) within a beaded border. Rev:… -
Re: 1861-S Paquet Reverse
In order to make a credible fake the counterfeiter needs a high grade problem free coin from which to cast his die. This coin is extremely rare in high grade and problem free condition and its unlikely the typical counterfeiter will ever get ahold of one to make his false dies. Being in a third world holder, I would be… -
Re: New Garrett Pro pointer
I use the original pro pointer. After less than a year, I had to send it in for repair because of falsing. Garrett sent me a replacement, probably because mine was irreparable. I'm not confident in the robustness of the product, but, will keep using it until it dies. I wouldn't upgrade to the AT unless I were doing… -
The making of an 1854 Huge O Quarter Counterfeit and my latest Article
The original holed genuine source coin: The coin was purchased and repaired to make the false dies to strike the counterfeits; repaired coin was certified after the repairs ("repaired genuine source coin"): Much re-engraving was required in the repairs; struck clones looked identical to this one: Coin Week article at:… -
Re: Misuse of numismatic terminology
Ok I wish I hadn't mentioned the 55....... But what I was trying to get across is that I wasn't talking about the 55 when I didn't put hub problems under the PDS classification in my very first post to this thread. If I understand correctly the DDO 55 was created when the working hub shifted between impressions on a… -
Re: Would like another opinion, Does this 1995 D Nickel not show 1995 & 1993?
It's easy to see why you think there is a 3 there. ;) You can also see the 5. ;) Look at the center bar of the 3, yours is too long to be a 3. Compare here. ;) The next problem you have is how would this happen? Did a 1993 nickel just happen to fall perfectly on the dies in 1995 to exactly overstrike the last digit? Or did… -
Re: Lets see some pics of EXTREME error coins!
a major error at the Mint resulted in the obverse die falling on the reverse die Looks like the obverse die did more than "fall". It SLAMMED into the reverse die. The obverse die actually reached into the recesses of the E of "ONE". Yet the clash only shows a small portion of the obverse die. I wonder if the dies hit at a… -
Re: Real or Fake Errors?, Can you tell me the type of Error?, Fun for all.
I agree with what GoldenEgg and Sean said, with these observations: 4 - Although I'm fairly certain it might be counterfeit, it's hard to know for sure because of the harsh cleaning and light polishing. I don't like how the date of the first strike is flattened, compared t the date of the second strike. Probably NG 5 Looks…
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