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Re: Best of the Mint 1916 Mercury Dime Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set
Yes. Because, historically, Dan Carr pieces have been made in the dozens and hundreds, as opposed to the many thousands that were recently sold on TV at relatively high prices. To be fair. I happen to LOVE Dan Carr stuff, and love watching the TV pitchmen BS their way through presentations. I actually use it to fall asleep… -
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???)… -
Re: POLL: FEDEX
I've been un-happy finding a fed-ex package sitting out on my porch, but I do prefer that to having to go pick it up. I've also been ripped off by my fed-ex guy - but not on a delivery. He came to the door bringing me some coins I was excitedly waiting on and wanted to talk about a palm in my front yard. It was about 5'… -
Re: A challenge for the hotshot numismatists: What is this thing?
One further bit of evidence to support the die theory is that the shield lines are hand engraved. This would have been a blank area on a hub. But this was already done on the working reverse die used in 1823. Also, a hardened hub would not have broken apart in small portions (as seen in part of the motto) whereas an old… -
Re: 2008 P Monroe $1.......Detached/Severed Head Variety
I just received a roll of Monroe Philly dollars and about half of them have this severed head strike, which fall into two distinct types. One type has the severed neckline with no difference in the finish, but the other type has literally flat prooflike mirrored fields in the neckline area. On the second type, the mirrors…
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