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Re: Gold Coin Hoard
What do you make of the can hanging from the tree, the strange-shaped rock pointing the way, and 10 paces to the treasure? True, and if so, coincidence? Or false, to add allure to the story? If true, and intentional by the burier, there is only one reason: so it can be relayed to someone else and the treasure found. It is… -
Re: Grading Reformation - Unitary or "singular" grades
The maximum endpoint is “Perfect” (or MS-70) which is a piece that is exactly as it came from the dies. this is theoretical not actual. while no two coins come off the dies identical, by this way of thinking both would be graded the same 70. maybe in the perfect world this difference can't be seen/measured from coin 1 to… -
Re: Question:Was there ever a NUMERICAL rarity scale applied to error coins?
<< <i> << <i>I don't think there was a numerical scale per se, but certainly some types of errors are far more scarce than others. For example, a triple strike is more scarce than a double strike. A quintuple strike is more scarce than a triple strike. Off centers are not rare, but off entered cents are far more common… -
Re: Seated Liberty series expert needed
It is my understanding that the dies were sent to the Charlotte and Dahlonega mints in an unfinished state because of concerns that they might fall into the wrong hands. If a counterfeiter did get them, the theory was that they would not be able to harden and basin them properly so that they could use them to make… -
Re: What was Kennedy's finest achievement? Who killed him?
Elvis killed Kennedy. Just last year. They were both still alive, all that time. Living incognito. But they had a falling-out. Elvis forgot to flush too many times. Hitler lived until 1992, when he died at the age of 103. He had spent all those years hiding out in Lumpkin, Georgia. After he died, aliens abducted the… -
Re: Struck Thru and Thru! $50 gold!
It’s a thin plastic cover for the dies in the Die room - like Saran-wrap When the cart carrying the Dies (with the thin plastic cover over them is wheeled into the press room, And the protective plastic cover is removed, sometimes small pieces stick to the die-those guys will then strike struck through Coins and eventually… -
Re: END OF FIAT! NO AMMO! DROUGHT! TINANIC! GLOBAL POOL WARMING!
<< <i>At the end of every day, as the sun falls into the ocean, we fear the darkness, and think it the end of light. Then we pour a cocktail, and sit and watch the moon rise, and the stars appear.. and soon, too soon sometimes, the sun rises again from behind the mountains. You'd think we'd be used to it by now >> One… -
Re: Proof diagnostics.
. i asked because all of the terms mentioned to my knowledge required higher quality flans and a more precise striking, possibly 2-3 strikes for each example struck and if we are to discuss diagnostics for early proofs, then patterns, trials, etc will most likely exhibit the same preparation/protocols for production. i… -
Re: Every white coin before 19XX has been dipped
<< <i>If you do not like dipped coins, do not dip them or buy them... very simple. As to your doubts about the 'sniffer', investigate the technology, you will be surprised... this is not black magic, it is hard science. Cheers, RickO >> I'm fully aware of the technologies used for surface analysis so have no doubt they can… -
Re: Restrike coins
The term for a "restrike" made from new dies, rather than old dies, is a "novodel". This Russian word is used thanks to the propensity for the Russian Empire's mint to strike coins to order, with any design and date that a member of the aristocracy might demand. Dan Carr's confections are neither "restrikes" nor…
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