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Re: Post a beautiful half dollar
It's beautiful! I like it a lot, but I wonder what's happening on the reverse rim at 6 o'clock. Perhaps my most beautiful half is a 1939-D MS66 Walker I bought from @MarkFeld when he was a dealer 18 years ago. It has large golden-orange streaks of toning deepening to red across the obverse, with some blue patches near the… -
Re: 1921 Morgan Dollar error? PCI said "Rusted Dies"...what do you guys think??
<< <i>Generally, coinage dies were not permitted to rust. Normally, this could occur only in humid locations and where dies had not been used for an extended period. A working die was in storage for only a few months before use, and used in a press for only a few days before it wore out. >> the opportunity for dies to rust… -
Kudos to Al Adams on the Gold Rush Collection
Al Adams may not be the most high profile professional numismatist, but when you look inside the Gold Rush Collection Heritage catalog, Al is one who helped the (anonymous) owner put the collection together. Al is a great guy, a very soft-spoken and honorable gentleman from Georgia, and a well-accomplished numismatist. If… -
John Claypoole diary, flagmaker Betsy Ross third husband, old coins, numismatist pamphlet
The diary was found by the family of one of Betsy Ross's descendants in Marin, California. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/07/11/betsy-ross-husband-diary Unfortunately there are no descriptions of the "old coins" or the "numismatist pamphlet". :) -
Gallery Mint Museum by Ron Landis and Joe Rust
I'm a big fan of the Gallery Mint Museum led by Ron Landis and Joe Rust working Mike Ellis, Timothy Grat, and others. A while back I noticed that people would buy pairs of these with the COPY on either side to enjoy both faces without it. I picked up this pair of copper dollar patterns this year and they are among my… -
My home town of Baltimore is proud to display The Gold Rush-era Kellogg Twenty
Piece of Gold Rush back in town Coin made in 1854, once owned by Hopkins, to appear in show By Andrew Kipkemboi | Sun Reporter June 29, 2008 A one-of-a-kind California Gold Rush coin, preserved for years by one of Baltimore's most prominent families, will return here next month for the first time in nearly 30 years. The… -
Re: Holy crap! I bid more than double market value and still get blown out! WAY out!
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Re: a stupid little muse...
<< <i> << <i>The Government didn't want 2c coins used as quarters in vending machines? >> Is that a Russ alt? The reply has a familiar ring to it... Rust never sleeps. >> It would be appropriate - rust on a die can lead to frost on a coin. -
Die clash or rusted die on bicentennial IKE reverse ?
I am trying to decide what this is on the reverse of a bicentennial IKE. There is heavy die polish and mint work in the areas on both sides of the moon near 4 and 10 o'clock. The areas have die polish lines that seem to go under roughened areas. So is it die clash, rusted die, or something else? -
Re: Has anyone read, "The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream"?
DDR: <<... read the book several years ago and really enjoyed it: well-written, interesting and very readable. >> I appreciate the mini-review and the OP. I will look for this book. FC: << ... what I have been reading lately, sometimes very dry, but containing nuggets of interest is the actual diaries of those who traveled…
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