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Re: Betcha you can't find one of these! An obscure commem rarity...
Originally posted by: StrikeOutXXX You're killing me Andy. We need info! 8-) Do you think it is one of the 30 for Assay? Do you think it has to do with the dies that struck the 6 trial pieces in silver, 4in copper or 2 in gold in Philadelphia without the "S" mintmark - you think it was added later, but used the same dies?… -
Type2, here's the 1943d/d 1c rpm-4 I said I would post for you.
The image of the one you posted and asked about isn't in your thread, so I thought I would just do another thread, and maybe you can post yours for comparison. eBay usually has several coins that sellers claim are rpm-4, because the southeast spread of the plating from worn dies does look similar. But these images will… -
Re: Tommy Morrison to get back in the ring
As sophisticated as this board is, I am surprised no cell biologist is here to clear things up as of yet regarding the degree of error in testing. I remember when the news first broke out that Tommy had tested positive for AIDS. It really turned his world upside down as is understandable. He took a second test just days… -
Re: Supply VS Demand
Historically, key date coins have always slowly risen in price over the years and been the bluest of blue chips. They were pretty much ignored during the "wall street" coin boom of 1989-1990. Once all the speculation died out, they started to become everyone's darling. Blue chip, solid, rare, desireable, gee..........all… -
Re: GOLD AND SILVER WORLD NEWS, ECONOMIC PREDICTIONS
With a current GNP of over $10 trillion both Gates and Buffett are below 1/200 of GNP. This still does not place them in the top 10. So here we have the top 20 richest men in US history AND 3 OF THEM ARE FROM THE LAST 15 YEARS!!! I could also say that the 17 year period from 1831 to 1848 saw 3 of the top 9 richest… -
Re: Post your favorite overdate
I quite like overdates in my series (8 Reales) because it gives you an insight into mint processes and practices of the time. There are major ones that resulted from dies left over from previous year having to be recut for the new one. If that happens to fall on a decade switch, you get 2-digit overdates like 10 over 09,… -
Re: 1999D Lincoln cent, struck twice in collar and rotated
I do not believe this error happened at one time. The coin was struck, put in the vat with the rest of them and eventually made its way back to the presses (presumably with a load of planchets) and was struck again. I say this because (unless things have changed) the presses used for striking cents are gravity-fed. IE the… -
Re: Are we heading into another downward spiral?
Baseball interest has not fallen off a cliff, but it is down. However, among young people, that interest in baseball and its accompanying desire to collect baseball cards HAS fallen off a cliff. Young people do indeed put their money into gaming at an alarmingly higher percent than they do that of baseball cards, and that… -
Re: The 1894 Morgan Dollar
Excellent question. This is extremely relevant in differentiating top grade prooflikes from full proof strikes for that date, the former being much significantly rarer. (This is my specialty.) Despite the VAM book's two varieties, with VAM-1 being the business strike and VAM-2 being the proof strike, there were actually… -
Re: Important discovery shown at Central States
<< <i>Having seen the piece in hand I have no doubt that the quarter is a genuine coin struck at the U.S. Mint. The reeding count is irrelevant. The out of round, however, reinforces the theory that it was a post-Mint sandwich job. Collars do not stretch. What I can't explain is why the impressions around the stars and…
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