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This Is Die Clash Central, "How Can We Help You?"
I know that each of you must have at least one die clash in your collections. Let's see them. I'll start. A die clash on a coin is a mint error that occurs when the top (obverse) and bottom (reverse) dies collide without a blank metal disc (planchet) between them. This extreme pressure imprints parts of the design from… -
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… -
Re: Random picture thread for Friday
A NIGHT ON THE MOUNTAIN & DISCOVERING HYPOTHERMIA Seven members of a Lithuanian Mountain Climbing Team had come to Alaska to Climb North America’s tallest peak, Mt. McKinley a/k/a Denali. Three of those members spent last night on the mountain after having reached the summit. One of the team was airlifted off the mountain… -
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: 2021 Lincoln Cent Name The Error
Interesting. Went back through that tech manual file that I have and of course there is no good picture of the striking mechanism in the common horizontal strike presses. I did find this picture of the dial feed plate for a vertical strike press, which could be used for a bi-metallic or tri-metallic coin or token where 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,…
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