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Re: 1943-D DDO Lincoln...
I knew nothing about doubled dies until Ike research became a full time endeavor. Even now I am blissfully ignorant of may of the finer points, mostly because the challenge of simultaneous doubled hub mechanisms on the same die largely defeat even my somewhat scientific mind. But I have come to love the unexpected… -
Re: The Official 2025-2026 NBA Regular Season Discussion Thread
The mental impact of the game 1 4th quarter collapse by Cleveland cannot be understated. The only way Cleveland could have overcome that impact would have been to rally in the second half of game 2 to come back from a double digit Knicks lead to win the game. Cleveland cut the Knicks lead to 7 points but could not get any… -
Re: Guess The Grade: 1943-D Wheat Cent & Did PCGS Cause this? - REVEALED In Comments
I respectfully disagree. I assume you're splitting hairs by saying "high end" coins and "low end" coins because that generally refers to price points. I assume you're not distinguishing someone sending in a bunch of low-end MS66s which are by definition better than a high end MS65. In all practicality, I don't think coins… -
Re: Why are the results of 'mint sport' called 'errors'?
The numismatic term "error" often causes confusion because it is assumed that "error" means "mistake". This is not correct. An error coin is not defined as a coin that was made by mistake; it is a coin that was made wrong (i.e., a coin that was misstruck in some way). As we continually remind newbies on this Forum, a… -
In The News: Rare Collection of Ancient Coins Heads To Auction Block
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/13/ancient-coin-collection-denmark-auction/ Rare collection of ancient coins, locked away for 100 years, heads to auction Danish businessman Lars Emil Bruun’s collection, valued at about $72 million, is one of the most important in the world, auction house Stack’s Bowers said.… -
Re: 29-D buff, former Yankee Collection
That is an outstanding coin struck from relatively fresh dies. I love the color! As to strike-this from my abraded die book, reflecting part of the strike study I conducted from July, 2001 thru March, 2014. I actually observed around 2000 during this period, the 618 stated was just during the last 100,000 out of more than… -
Re: Early Lincoln “Memorial Reverse” price history?
AllCoinsRule - Do you remember our gentleman's heated discussion specifically about 1963 P and D MS 66 cent values we had back then??? I refused, and thought it was ridiculous, to purchase a modern Lincoln for $900-$1200!!! Looks like I was right after all... First of all, AllCoinsRule is a Heck of a collector with the… -
Re: Jefferson 1946S FS-031.5 - hockey stick?
TexasNationals I would have guessed the hockey stick is a "struck through wire" (defintion from Coneca) This coin exhibits an incused thin line from a piece of wire or bristle from a wire brush that came between it and the die. A standard piece of equipment in a machine shop is a wire brush or file card that is used to… -
Re: Buffalo Nickel Folks: Is the 1914/3 a popular variety? Is it a true variety? Any good pics of one?
<< <i>I thought I remember reading something about the variety being a falsie, but I do not recall now. Maybe it was something else I am thinking of. Anyway, are there any collectors of the variety? Are price guide estimates near accurate? Overrated, underrated? Scarce in all grades, scarce in md grades up? Finally, does… -
Re: Philly Coining Presses - A Lot Going On In This Picture
<< <i> << <i>Wow! Several great shots of the planchet reservoirs, which I notice are always on the press operator's left. Since they weren't all left handed, I would guess they scooped them up in their left hands and stacked them into the palms of their right hands. (But then, what if the press operator WAS left handed???)…
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