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Re: Why don't we see higher grades in Business strikes compared to Proof strikes?
There's something that can go wrong at each stage of the minting process and it usually does. This is really no exaggeration since most coins are not perfect in any of their characteristics. It starts with the master dies and hubs. The dies wear and often don't contain the full detail for the issue so no coin struck that… -
Re: What one feasible change/improvement would you like to see the major grading companies make?
Stop guessing when it comes to strike type. The mint used the same dies for some coins when striking both proof and business strikes. In well circulated condition there is often no definitive way to tell which is which. If they are going to call a coin that falls into this category PR12, either post an article/info page… -
Re: Anyone think this coin is anything special??
If the reverse is not that of a 1938-P or 1939-P Reverse of 1938 working die, one has to question where the Reverse of 1938 working die came from that would have needed to be paired with the Obverse of 1940, that would have stuck how many coins? and we're looking at the first 71 years later??? This also could fall under… -
Re: Gold coins for under $2500: Latest DW article
This strategy seems to me like DW is contradicting an earlier article/blog he released circa 23 Oct 2006? I would venture that S-mint $1 gold is right in the same league as S-mint $10's and Philly $20s. San Fran Type III $20s?? In his Oct 23 blog, he addresses those coins that fall into a "ubiquitous" category as being… -
Re: What caused the creation of these shiny marks on mint state mercury dimes?
In my opinion the shiny areas are caused by repeated travel of the feeding mechanism across the die face. Note that the feeding finger shown earlier in this thread (from my coin press) is the relatively new rotational ("turntable") feeding style. However, earlier coins stamped on Bliss and other similar presses were… -
Re: So-Called Dollar Mini-Hoard...........................And still more pictures added!!!!!
Please, please, please excuse my poor quality and hastily taken pictures................. HK-4 which looks to have been polished/whizzed and had some rim repai done at 8 o'clock on the reverse. HK-13 with PL fields and blue-black tone overall. HK-19 that's clean overall but looks to have had the fields wiped, no hairlines… -
Re: Token Thursday!
Hard Times Token HT-154 Rarity 3 , Copy Of Gold Medal Awarded To R & W Robinson For The Best Military, Naval, Sporting & Plain Flat Buttons 1836 American Institute New York. Just enough red peaking through to show off the devices & exactly how I like them to look. Usually this particular one suffers from a pitted die and… -
Re: Goodacre recovery.
<< <i>Unknown as to the cause, her husband found her and she could not remember falling. >> Sounds like what happened to my grandma, but she remembered the fall. She was widowed and lived next door to a widower. They had a prearranged signal to each other. At about 10 AM each morning, they would each open a set of drapes… -
Re: Have the big 2 TPGs "sold out" ?
<< <i>Quite a few people have pooh-poohed complaints against the "First Strike" designation by arguing that it doesn't bring any premium in the marketplace. That argument fails to account for the possibility that the designation results in a higher volume of sales. Thanks to research by Notwilight, we also see that the… -
Re: Grading companies and attributions question
Perfectly put! As a father and grandfather, I have the same reaction to the name. @jesbroken You've asked an interesting question here. I don't know of any TPGs that document die state, and frankly, I'm not sure I'd want them to. As it stands, I catch slabbed coins that have misattributed varieties pretty often; I imagine…
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