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Re: Back by popular demand (from one person) - another coinguy1 answer-man thread....genuine Clankeye st
In Coinalot, for no apparent reason, the evil Archbishop of Coinguy1 has chosen to bring false accusations against the scribe Clankeye before the court Archbishop of Coinguy1: King ArtR! I must bring to your attention this "poem" the scribe Clankeye has written about you. King ArtR: Must you? I hate poetry. Archbishop of… -
Re: 1911 Weak D 2.50 question
Two medal presses were in use from late November into January. The info is in the book. Several years ago Vicken Yegparian identified coins with and without fin from the same dies. He had access to a large hard of the things. Also, not all of the DE struck before November - when only one pair of dies was in use - have a… -
Re: 1969-S DDO MS RD found i Rick posted the coin for sale
The 1969-s doubled die has a cool story. It involves the Secret Service confiscating (and later destroying) genuine examples from collectors early in the discovery. Apparently, there were some cast counterfeit 1969 doubled dies made to look like they came out of Philadelphia and the SS just threw the real San Francisco… -
Re: Name a coin that's currently unknown but could easily be discovered...
Re 1974 copper clad steel cents. From Coin World Almanac Millennium edition - Review of the news 1994 Pg 16 "Another major discovery was reported in July when a collector sent to Coin World an experimental 1974 Lincoln cent struck on a bronze clad steel planchet, a coin previously unknown to collectors. the coin was struck… -
Re: Looks Like the Savannah Scammer got her Hooks into a Live one!!
<< <i>Somebody's going to be disappointed with a copper coated zinc penny. >> Actually its copper plated steel since the zinc plating is first removed prior to the copper plating. This type of counterfeit is easy to detect with a magnet. The altered date fakes (usually a 1948) can be more difficult to detect. The most… -
Re: 2009 UHR Gold
<< <i>I totally disagree that the 85,000 melted influenced the prices. Prices were up there well before anyone knew publically they had 85k to be melted. They sold over 100k and people knew that. Many said they'd fall towards melt with no premium at all. However, once the initial flip spurt died and prices settled from… -
Re: NGC Now Slabs Coin Dies - What Do You Think?
False assumption. Over the years various mints have decided to sell old equipment (therefore authorized sale) and through screw ups have included in the sale items that they really shouldn't of sold (including uncancelled dies). So are you stating there is zero chance that the mint has ever screwed up? (because all the… -
Re: what would you pay? re-strike of Oregon gold $5 and $10 coin made of native gold-original dies?
I'd be a bit concerned about the condition of the dies. I've seen old dies fall apart when doing restrikes. You may want to consider doing a few restrikes with the original dies but many more "restrikes" with copy dies such as done with the 1855 Kellogg Slugs. -
Re: Finish On 1951 British Commemorative Crown ?
"Proof" has a technical definiton: it needs specially polished dies, specially polished blanks, and must be struck by the coin press not just once, but twice. If a coin can claim some of these features but not all of them, it might fall under the classification of "prooflike". Classic American prooflikes, for example, are… -
Some comments on planchet metal movement during a coin strike, vis-a-vis die erosion
In a thread on why 1943-dated cents sometimes have a weak or missing 4, I made the following comments about how planchet metal moves both outwards and inwards during a strike, and how this affects different areas of the die face differently. I thought it might deserve a separate thread for future research purposes. .. I…
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