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Re: Update : It's a FAKE 1942/1943 dual date COPPER lincoln cent error
Definately fake. The 1943 date looks mushy and not sharp at all (look at the 1942 date that is sharper). Note how the 1943 date flows with the bust details, a real strike from a real steel die would be sharp and obliterate the design more (and look sharp). Also you have 2 of these 'rare' errors, very unlilkely if they were… -
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… -
Re: eCollector... Does the 1964 D Peace Dollar really exist ?
I knew a dealer years ago who was very knowledgeable in the area of modern coinage and not prone to telling false tales. He claimed that a fellow, who asked to remain nameless, showed him a 1964-D dollar. I don’t know anything else about the circumstances. Unfortunately that dealer died several years ago, so I can’t go… -
Re: HURRY! Breens Encyclopedia on eBay -- BIN of only $1,295
<< <i>. OUT OF PRINT. COLLECTORS ITEM NOW. I spent a lot of time trying to find reprints. Talked to a lot of book dealers. NO GO ! On Ebay they were going for $225 several months ago. I thought that was too high so I put a $135 BIN on mine and someone zapped it right away. THEN I WOKE UP. >> It will require a book burning… -
An Important Lincoln Civil War Token Die
I have heard some collectors say that they were interesting in coins, but had absolutely no interest in the dies that produced them. Although I can understand this opinion from a budgetary standpoint (You can't buy everything!) I still can’t see why the die that struck something in your collection that you admire could be… -
Re: Calling Canada coin collectors
I think we are all saying the same thing, more or less. In Canadian Victorian coinage, some things (like the 1882-H cent mintmark) were re-punched into the matrix, so all the dies and resulting coins had the same re-punched feature and are not varieties. Other things were manually re-punched into the dies, so each die was… -
Re: Picked up an upgrade 1812 bustie for the album
Your coin is awesome. The O/P book calls it the O-106. ...but it is actually the "Terminal Die State O-106a." You can clearly see where the dies are breaking up and starting to fall apart. The mint's Coiner had to be in a real "pinch" to have to keep using dies like this to stay on a production schedule and keep striking… -
Re: Fourth of July Quiz
The coins were probably struck, as it is documented that 5 obverse dies and 4 reverse dies were prepared. The worry of course is that the 20 that show up would only be the tip of the iceberg ala the 1903-Os in November, 1962. However, there were 20 Uncirculated 1893-S dollars ( perhaps half of those in existence today)… -
Re: Major Adams dollar error
Another problem with the "dropped letter" idea is that the coins are struck horizontally. Once a coin was struck and the dies came apart to release the coin, the hardened lump in the letter would then have to fall sideways (instead of down as gravity usually works) in order to get into the collar. And if some how it did… -
Does anyone have NFL Sunday Ticket?
Roger Goodell says it's heading to a streaming service. NFL Sunday Ticket still likely headed to streaming, with fall decision ahead Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) have seemed like front-runners to mark a streaming takeover of the lucrative NFL Sunday Ticket package of out-of-market game broadcast rights…
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