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Re: Does this look real (quarter on a silver dime planchet)?
<< <i>I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that is a genuine silver dime planchet struck by fake quarter dies. I've never seen an off-metal with such an irregular shape before, it shouldn't be that far out of round if it were struck by a standard press so I think it might have been struck at much lower pressure by a… -
Re: Need to understand the GW 'Starburst' coin. What is causing this?
When we use the term "grease", most people tend to think of a thick oily material like bearing grease, or vasaline. In either case a thick liquid. But the mint "grease" is a mixture of many things. Grease, lubricating oil, dust, dirt, metal dust and shavings. It may have the consistancy of anywhere from fine machine oil to… -
Re: Any info regarding the 1925/27/29 counterfeit Buffalo nickels?
I've seen the 1927, it is quite crude but have never seen or heard of the other two. If these were made in those numbers you'd think they would be frequently seen today. Christian-the '16-S die you refer to is the well known one and is quite common. They are never seen any better than Fine condition so the false dies were… -
GOETZ: Opus 632 "Fanaticism"
K-632 FANATICISM, 1945, Cast AE, 70mm, Incuse Edge-Punch, RRR This medal was created in 1945 with the fall of Nazi Power. Kienast’s description has a naked women on the obverse but I tend to think Goetz was showing the German “Michel”, not in his usual whimsical pre-Reich depiction, but as survivor with long hair, a… -
Who Would Bid More Than $75 For This Coin? (It is accompanied by a beautiful picture)
Most patterns are very rare, and some are unique. Nevertheless, the term pattern is often used to refer to coins that do not strictly fall within this definition. The following definitions describe the various coins usually collected in the pattern series. Essai or Pattern – this is any coin struck from a prototype die or… -
Re: North/South/Central American Coins Thursday, let's see them!
@pruebas Francois Duboille was a Frenchman who died in 1856 https://gw.geneanet.org/sanchiz?lang=en&p=francois+henri&n=duboille that arrived to Mexico and ran that business… -
Re: Any guesses on what this is?
Bumping this thread so some of the other error guys can see it. I've seen this variety before, with major cuds on both the obverse and reverse dies. Most likely, either a foreign object got between the dies or they experienced a violent die clash, which caused both dies to crack and fail. The other marks around the face… -
Re: oooo
<< <i> << <i>. 64 for great surfaces and color no higher due to filled dies . >> I thought this or struck thru grease also? I'm no expert on these "pennies" >> i usually don't fall into the weak strike category. i'm more on the side of filled dies or lower flan density . -
Re: Anyone know why this auction will end in a big neg for the seller?
It's kind of off-topic a bit but the Steelers have had more than their share of bad luck. Mike Webster dementia and drug problems Justin Strzelczyk hit a gas tanker truck while fleeing from police and drinking Ernie Holmes car crash in texas last winter Dwight White died from a blood clot after back surgery Steve Courson… -
Re: If you are not personally capable of making it in the coin business .....
You undermine you argument when you become insulting. * My OP was half a joke. * Ebay has better things to di than monitor this board. * BUT this board frequently had people using questionable if not completely false statements advising individuals with whom to do or not do business. Such statements could be viewed as…
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