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Re: Half Cent Attribution - My Offer to Help
@jesbbroken Very nice example of advanced die crumbling on that reverse. As I’m sure you know, people try to collect coins with reverses showing the progression of this particular deterioration. As you say, who cares if there is some damage to your coin as long as you can focus on the important elements of the coin? Here’s… -
Re: New Roosevelt Dime variety found.....to be hits not a variety
I've had a couple people ask how a dropped letter happens, so I figured I'd just post it here. Now, I'm no expert, but here's my general understanding of it: Raised letters and devices, like the designers initials on this dime, are incuse in the die. When grease or other minting gunk gets clogged up in those letters and… -
Re: Has the US Mint blown the 2026 Semiquincentennial Coins?
Release half dollar in July, quarter in August, dollar in fall, proof and mint sets on normal schedule, replace blue Ike with 3-coin set. That's it. Kept it simple, they did. -
Re: New Purchase: 1886-O NGC AU-58 (PL) Morgan Dollar -- VAM 1A - Top 100 - "E" Clash Mark --
<< <i>Fascinating purchase. Anyone who knows prooflikes and clashes understands they are not two things that should go together. They make for such an exotic condition that it is a likely impossibility for most cases. They can be produced one of three ways. (1) As a 1st generation prooflike from fresh dies. In that case,… -
Re: How many of you had/have parents, grandparents or other ancestors who collect(ed) coins?
My grandfather worked with money and would swap clad coins in for silver coins and bring them home he did the same with wheat cents, IHCs, Buffs, etc. He died when I was 9 and a year or two later I first saw his collection and became very interested in coins. I focus on the things I like (19th century proofs) but I've… -
Re: Joe Torre and King George
i dont think george is in good health anymore,he wasnt at the games that i saw ,if he was in good shape he woulda been there and they would been cameras on him like always,id say other guys might be calling shots maybe, guy might fall over dead in a day or two,havnt heard anything on him or seen him,like fidel castro ,just… -
Re: Mystery solved PCGS 1959 1c
I do hope you realize that if it truly was a proof die, you'd have a deep cameo test coin? To have a brilliant proof, at a minimum about a thousand test coins must have existed. Of course, your whole theory about your coin being a test is completely and truly false. They don't exist. For the true numismatists here, here's… -
Dropped Letters (The Un-filled Die)
Thought this was an interesting article written by David J. Camire, President, Numismatic Conservation Services. Figured I'd share it here for others who might be interested in this subject. Photo's are Mr. Camires also. It is a normal occurrence in the process of minting coins that, over time, some part of the dies may… -
Re: Value of Lance Armstrong predictions
<< <i>OK since the forum was empty, here's a reasonably appropriate topic of debate: With all the Lance Armstrong drama going on these days, do you believe his autographs will rise or fall in value? >> Hello, Good question. This will be something akin to "sympathy buying" after a celebrity dies. I don't know any dealer who… -
Re: Somewhat new to Gold Dollar collecting - why so few in PCGS plastic?
Most of the circulated Type III gold dollars are dated from 1856 to 1861. After that the Civil War changed the circulation patterns on these coins, and many of the pieces will fall in the low lower to higher Mint State grades. You might look for an 1861 gold dollar. It is a common date, and yet it was issued at the dawn of…
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