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Re: why do I see proof modern gold sold sometimes less than regular gold?
what do you do with 40 or 50 proofs in those cheesy looking packages? Do everyone a favor and smash the capsule scratch the coin and set fire to all that velvety garbage they swaddle it all in. Oh, the humanity! Hey, what do you expect from the Mint? It's the Mint!!! We're way past the time when "proof" was a test coin for… -
Re: whats in a name?
et tu burte??????? , now it is hark hark harkened he i am the east, and juliet is the sun, and he huffed and puffed, and smoked the house down, and they all blew up and died after the fell off the beanstalk and hit humpty dumpty in the head and he broke and they got some brains, a heart, home , a a can of spam, and lived… -
Re: O.T. The Monte Carlo is on fire!
should we also pray for everyone else who dies today? car accidents. fall down the stairs. tiger mauls them after a taunting. a soldier killed in iraq. a bum overdoses under a bridge. a heart attack takes a life of an elderly person. is it because this is las vegas that this is somehow worthy of attention? what about my… -
Re: Thankfully, Daniel Carr is using his press for good rather than evil, but what happens if it falls i
As is always the case with these discussions, there are some people on the fringes of the argument, while (hopefully) most of us can talk about the middle. I do not believe that Dan Carr broke into the Denver Mint and stole the press -- it is much more likely that the mint sold a used press as scrap or something similar.… -
Re: 3 bust quarters, 3 different dates, but same dies used
<< <i> << <i>It could also be that the collar was looser on the 1807. With less resistance at the edge of the coin, the dies would get less resistance from the surface of the coin. That would allow them to get a little closer to each other in the striking process, which would improve the depth of strike detail. Except at… -
Re: Half Dime experts..a quickie
The 1854 Liberty Seated half dime ranks among the highest mintage dates in the entire series, with fully 5,740,000 produced at the Philadelphia Mint alone. With such a high mintage, and owing to the advent of the hubbing process used in producing the many working dies, making all dies essentially identical, the ability to… -
British Kings "Bullet Book," William III, 1694 - 1702
William III Crown * After Mary died of small pox in 1694, William ruled alone until his death. • Although William was an effective leader, he was never popular with the British people. This was due to his brusque personality coupled with the fact that he was really foreign national with royal powers. • Since William had no… -
Find from the local show in Northfield, MN - CBH alert
Our local coin club sponsors a small show each fall - only about a dozen tables at most. Fun visits nonetheless and sometimes a nice coin. Here's today's purchase from Jerry Swanson - a great dealer and local hobby leader out of Rochester, MN. Gotta good deal It's an 1814 O.106a (MDS) - R. 4+ I'm thinking it's maybe… -
Re: my first 09 SVDB
Hard to say if that's corrosion or what. The reason I would get it graded is there's so many ways they faked these. added mintmark (might fall off with a nudge or acetone) die struck fakes (most have a depression on lower O of ONE) cast fakes (might have some bumps) Some diagnostics of real ones are a die gouge along the… -
Re: Is any one looking for the 2015 Homestead Nebraska quarter doubled die?
It's the P clad mintmark for the 004. Most 004 are being found in the 100 coin mint bags. Here's what Ken Potter said: " ...However, none of the Minnesota doubled dies have the eye-appeal of the top Homestead quarter doubled die. it is more comparable to the 2009-D District Of Columbia Doubled Die Reverse #1(DDR-001…
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