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Re: is there a market for tokens??
Most of these tokens were ordered from the manufacturer in lots of 1000. Very few businesses would order more than this and would actually circulate only a small percentage of their order. If they had need of a reorder the dies would have to be recut since all the manufacturers destroyed dies after use. This recutting… -
Re: Canada 1948 Dollar, It had to happen..."best sample" I have seen so far
Thanks for all of you participating for the benefit of other readers !948 fakes: not all have the thick 4 some have the thick 4 and partly thick 8, others have different markers issues like the 4 diagonal line being straight leading from noon to about 7, but has a slight curve others have ear and nose problems and numerous… -
Re: Harold's Estate, New Wrinkle?
<< <i>I'm glad to hear she described that the coins were tooled and artificially toned and that they weren't part of Harold's estate. ... All she said about the coin doctoring is that "Cliff noticed that there is a criss-cross scratched on the front that somebody may have attempted to scrape off, since the area on the… -
Cuds
The first coin is an 1806/inv6 O.111"b" terminal die state with very rare double cuds, probably R.6 in this die state. The next coin is 1795 O.103a, the largest cud in the Flowing Hair half dollar series, an R.5 die marriage and possibly R.6 with the cud. There are 12 full rim cuds found on half dollars from 1794-1806,… -
Re: A crazy way to make a few dishonest bucks?! 1860s-style.
A long excerpt from GOLD AND SILVER COINS, COUNTERFEIT COINS, AND BULLION; WITH MINT VALUES. THIRD EDITION, REARRANGED, WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS BY JACOB R. ECKFELDT And WILLIAM E. DUBOIS, ASSAYERS OF THE MINT OF THE UNITED STATES. Available via Google books (Thanks to the Krajelblog for leading me to this book) A much more… -
Re: Read this: ebay sellers tirade!!!!
<< <i> MIKE DICAMILLO, 360 PROTECTION AVE. APT.# L-13 HERKIMER, NY. 13350 >> All of his cards are fake -- including the graded cards in the off brand holders. And while I do find it very entertaining to watch you guys harass him, I think he should just be reported to eBay instead. The only reason I feel that way is because… -
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Re: What would the retail market value be for the following:
Maywood. I will take cell phone pictures of the four OGP proof sets and post them to this thread. I expect that the photos will not show the coins as they look in hand under good lighting (through the cello). You are correct that sometimes what appears as frost when looking through the cello is hazed brilliant surfaces.… -
Re: Strange bent penny
"Mint damage", of the kind that everyone is interested in (the kind that people are prepared to pay extra money for) is damage that can only happen to a coin during the production process. In theory, all kinds of "damage" can happen to a coin while inside the Mint. For example, a coin might fall out of the press stream…
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