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Re: Complaints, suggestions and questions for Joe Orlando...
The distinction is that the resulting piece is a coin struck as intended by the mint pursuant to law. The certification, thus, is for the new coin and not the obliterated host coin. In Carr's case, only the first, now mutilated design of the host coin is relevant as the other is an unofficial private strike made from false… -
Re: Chinese or Domestic?
FWIW, I saw some fake S.L. quarter errors back when I was with ANACS (till 1984). Those consisted of a genuine normal coin given a false second strike off-center, and a false off-center strike on a genuine silver quarter planchet, both from the same pair of counterfeit dies. The off center was positioned to show a date… -
Early and Bust Half - Die Life and Mintage
Early and Bust Half - Die Life and Mintage So this started out much simpler as I was curious about the large number of Overton numbers for the year 1795 (second highest). Then as to how the die longevity and mintage would change through the bust half series. Once listing this out, I decided I should also take note of the… -
A New Roman Bronze
After a harrowing trip from Germany this arrived on my shores. Constans, the son of Constantine the Great, was born in c. AD 320. His mother was the ill-fated Fausta who Constantine had executed in AD 326, possibly for her role in bringing false charges against Constantine's older son Crispus resulting in his execution. It… -
Re: Mail Call - What did you get? Today or something you just want to share? Created Jul 2005
For those not familiar with the Ed Delahanty story ... Quite interesting. Delahanty died when he was swept over Niagara Falls in 1903. He was apparently kicked off a train by the train's conductor for being drunk and disorderly. The conductor said Delahanty was brandishing a straight razor and threatening passengers. After… -
Re: New Trade Dollar
<< <i>the pics are fine to see date placement and common die characteristics that point to real...... >> False dies are frequently made using real coins and the features on the real coin such as date placement are accurately duplicated on the counterfeit coins produced by the false die. -
Re: my 2nd. Contest is over.
1.false 2.false 3.mary 4.he dies everyday 5.joey, monica, chandler, rachel, phoebe, and ross (IM ashamed of myself) 6.Kirk Cameron .... Buck Williams Brad Johnson .... Rayford Steele -
Re: 1794 . . . Just a quick reminder.
The only other explanation would be the coins are all counterfeit and the marks were transfered from the false dies. It's also possible that one coin is authentic and others are false. And if that's the case, the images above could represent anywhere from 1 to 4 distinct coins. -
Re: Share an off-Market coin that you want to improve your set
Sort answer: I have not seen a problem-free large flan 1769 G P 8 Reales up for auction since I have pursued one over the past many years. Longer answer: The minting equipment at the Guatemala Casa de Moneda was falling apart by the end of the 1760s, evidenced by broken punches and inconsistent strikes from an aging coin… -
Re: Real or Fake???? 1795 Dollar Double Struck
I am very dubious, and would want to see it in hand before offering an opinion as to authenticity. One possible WAG, strictly for the sake of conversation: Genuine coin environmentally damaged, perhaps in the ground; heavily tooled by the fool that found it; then given a false second strike from false dies copied off the…
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