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Re: Die rotation gauge
A few years ago I published a short article on rotated die varieties in the Liberty Seated half dime series in the E-Gobrecht journal. That article included details of the Rota-Die device and of Leroy Van Allen's Rota Flip, which may prove valuable to some readers. The article appears here: ROTATED DIE EXAMPLES OF LIBERTY… -
Re: Wellington Mara, Giants Co-Owner Dead At 89
NEW YORK -- In a big turnout of football star power, family, friends and admirers gathered Friday for an emotional send-off to New York Giants owner Wellington Mara, one of the founding fathers of the NFL. An overflow crowd packed St. Patrick's Cathedral for the funeral Mass honoring Mara, who died Tuesday at 89. Mara,… -
Re: Renaissance Medal - Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta by Matteo de' Pasti
For those interested here's another interesting version of Isotta Degli Atti Personage Isotta Degli Atti Isotta Degli Atti, of Rimini, mistress and subsequent third wife of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, “Signore” of Rimini. Married Sigismondo in 1456 and died in 1470, three years after her husband. Artist Matteo Dei Pasti… -
Re: New photos now posted on 4 different 1805/4 O-103a (b) bust half dollars - Huge elevated die flake c
The photo's back a few threads are preturb's coins. The best I can do is take a pic of a Sheridan Downey MB catalog cover for the Robinson S. Brown collection. I bought this 1805/4 O.103a in 2004, will take an image when I get it from the bank. I don't believe the "B" state exists, because it may not be possible with the… -
Re: PLATINUM 10th Anniversary Sets - On Sale 12-13-07 12:00 Noon
The coins' reverse was designed by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Thomas Cleveland and engraved by United States Mint Medallic Sculptor Phebe Hemphill. Featured on the 2007-dated platinum coins, it is the second design in the three-year series entitled, "The Foundations of American Democracy,"… -
Re: Reverse Silver Eagle Dropped Letter
first don't let feedback from others lead to you not posting. you're just getting corrections to make posting better. the first picture looks like a D but the second one does not. Even if the second picture is ignored, the first one that looks like a D is too small for the "D" in "God" and it also looks like it has serifs… -
Re: What is the rarest US regular issue coin?
It all depends upon what you call "a regular issue." Would the 1876-CC Twenty Cent Piece be in the running? It's not the rarest, but the coins were made for circulation then ordered to be melted so that most of them never got out of the Carson City mint. My take on this is that it should be a coin that was issued for… -
Re: Some more raw coins, including a nice 1955 nickel and 1969 quarter
<< <i>These were some more recent coin show purchases, all raw. I'm thinking the '55 nickel and the '69 quarter have a shot at MS-66. In all my searching, this is the best '55-P example I've run across. Not FS by any means, but it has a decent strike and doesn't look like a lifeless piece of metal like most 55-P's. >> What… -
Re: circulation find, strange dime, weird strike?
It could also be a "Die Adjustment Strike", also known as a die trial. Described by Alan Herbert as: "A coin struck during the adjustment of the dies, showing on the struck coin as weakly struck parts of the design appearing on both sides of the coin, the rest missing because of low striking pressure. Usually the central… -
Re: Anyone know anything about GM roller press cents?
Thanks, conder. Here's a little more info that I left out. The nonsense lettering and numbers on the fifth trial are not totally nonsense. The gibberish contains codes that identify the dies. The Mint has never acknowledged what happened to the actual cents that were coined from the GM press, whether they were released…
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