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Re: Error people - got this in change today...
Roger and the other folks who've diagnosed it as a "die trial" may be correct. I find that state quarters that are weakly struck may nevertheless show a quite respectable rim. Evidently there is relatively little convexity at the periphery of the die face in most state quarter designs. This, combined with a high upset rim… -
Re: 1943-D copper cent on ebay - what makes it fake?
Key date US coins including 1943 copper cents are currently being struck in China. Since 1943 cents are steel, they can be hardened and then used as hubs to create false dies. -
Re: Researching if there are any 1943/2-S cents with a filled in 4
I confess to being somewhat baffled as to why there are so many 1943-dated steel cents with the 4 partially filled in on the dies, and maybe the mint mark, though I never really studied them. The theory that some of the zinc plating was eroding off of the planchets and accumulating in the 4 is quite plausible, though one… -
Re: 1965 Satin finish SMS coins
I am re-posting this again to illustrate that this coin was not struck with "worn dies" in fact, from what I've gathered in other threads when some of the SMS dies were worn they were used for Business Strike coins and that the wear is one of the tell tail signs the graders use to differentiate between Business strikes and… -
Re: First Strike/early release hype on the 100th anniversary Mercury
Originally posted by: mariner67 Originally posted by: JCLIGHTBRIGADE Here's a question, Is this a true statement, when used in a listing selling a pcgs First strike coin? " First strike coins are produced using the first dies forged by the mint in a particular series. Use of these first dies typically results in a higher… -
Re: Raw gold challenge
I'm guessing this coin was struck with a set of transfer dies made from a genuine coin having the die crack or crease on the reverse. Even contact marks on a genuine coin can be transferred to a set of false dies and to the counterfeits made from them. -
Re: The Confident Carson City Coin Collector- Rusty Goe
Correct - which is why I would not classify them as a Branch Mint Proof. Unless they were struck for some special ceremony like the "Proof" Columbian halves, I see no reason other than to call them high quality DMPLs. I think we can break it down like this: 1) Proof - a coin struck once at Philadelphia on a medal press.… -
Re: Cherrypickin' SCORE !!!!!
The diagnostics for the 104 are a "small thin mintmark"......... The size/style of the MM aren"t obvious in the picture, but if you know that there were only 4 reverse dies used for 1864-S halves, and you have pics or examples of WB101, WB102, and WB103 in hand, you immediately know it isn't WB101 (That one has a much… -
Re: The very rare 1964 SMS in PCGS 67RD (Pop:5/2) offered on the Bay - not mine!
i agree with tim in alot of his address here...they per se are...specimen strikes <<<What is next, with the Kennedy half dollars, there are several years when the coins were struck on quarter planchets, or have rotated dies, are these going to be required in the complete variety sets as well? >>> the above stated though… -
Re: What city would be the best candidate for finding key date coins with a metal detector?
As the story goes; In 1893 the Seminole Bank was robbed by a gang of Outlaws. Seminole, Okla. is 10 miles south of Keokuk Falls. The Outlaws got away with a chest of $20 Liberty Gold peices. The Marshall formed a posse and killed all of the robbers except for one who had the chest of gold. When the posse made it into the…
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