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There's a fine line between hard core collecting and insanity...
Help me decide on which side I fall! As most of you know, I collect coins of the Central American Republic. What most of you probably don't realize is that I collect these by die variety, die state and edge type. And on top of that, I've also bought some original dies to go with the collection. So far, I hope you'll all… -
Re: All wrong stock metal coins are transitionals.
One of my favorite subjects. IMO, transitionals are more of an accepted created class of errors that has been defined by collectors with an generally accepted cause. IMO By their very method of creation, they fall under wrong planchets. Also, transitional has been used in coins on design changes, such as in 1859, when the… -
Re: Oh man, I'm mad!
It's a shame Columbo died last week. He'd get to the bottom of this RIP Mr. Falk -
Re: Gallery Mint 'Medusa' 1794 Dollar
They are definitely different obverse dies... judging from where the last hair curl falls in relation to the stars. -
Re: NEWP Buffalo Nickel GTG - Grade Revealed
* AU look, but between the dies falling apart and striking weak I guess low MS. -
Re: Are you too seeing the stupid blinking coin in front of all posts?
<< <i> >> Di d you here that?????????? That was me falling out of my chair laughing -
Re: What Are the Most Important Types/Varieties?
doubled dies are pretty popular varieties in any series i think and may fall into the catagory of `important` -
Looking for opinions on authenticity - double struck, double dated Wheat cent
So I mentioned in my post about the 1982 zinc Lincoln clip that it was one of only three decent coins I pulled from a lot of damaged "error" coins on eBay. The coin below was part of the same group. I believe it is an authentic Mint error, but I would like others to chime in with their opinions: The second strike was quite… -
Re: My Tombstone AZ Antique Mall "Find"
Well, as a lifelong Illinoisian...if that's what we are called, we are done with cold and snow. While there may still be a small amount of snow down in Sierra Vista area where we are looking, it is much less than the amounts that fall in northern AZ. We considered Flagstaff and over in the St. Johns area but with the… -
Re: Franklin Half Specialists: Are My Eyes Just Crossed, or did NGC Get This Wrong?
I appreciate the feedback, everyone! I know some of these circumstances can be peculiar, either where there are several versions of a particular variety and only a certain die is recognized as the variety, or even when there is a single variety but multiple dies are categorized therein. I spent an inordinate amount of time…
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