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Re: 20 years later … just a thank you
@pursuitofliberty Congrats on 20 years on the forum. I'm glad you've returned as I've enjoyed your posts and particularly our conversations about seated Liberty halves. Have fun with Bust halves. I could easily fall down the BH rabbit hole, but I'm stuck way down in the SLH rabbit hole at the moment. I wish I had a photo… -
Re: $2.50 struck from French indemnity gold - 1836
All good info. Unless the 10 QE sent to the Secretary of the Treasury were made with unique dies - it may take alloy testing to tell them apart. If by chance they used a specific die pair for only those 10 (unlikely, but let's go with it for a moment)... with only 10 made, there wouldn't be too many today. Of the 15?… -
Re: To What Degree Must Dealers Be Honest With Descriptions?
The boundary can be found in legislation against misrepresentation of a product and false advertising laws that are already in place. Obviously if a retail business runs a scam, they can be penalized in court. Same rules should apply to a coin dealer who is describing coins. I am a believer of more freedom of speech from… -
Re: "Triple Struck" Nickel in Mint Packaging?! Smells like an interesting "scam"...
<<So basically a mint made sandwich between two already struck coins.>> Not a sandwich (unless you consider it an open-faced sandwich). Two coins were struck together, leaving a brockage on both. The top coin was, of course, struck off-center. <<I am not sure why an unstruck planchet is mentioned?>> That's the curved line… -
Re: Do We Buy More Metals, Keep Cash or Cut and run from the stock market.. What do you say ?
You can blame the Avian Influenza In Chickens for the high prices. So far, over 40 million hens have died or been destroyed. Good news though, that virus appears to be subsiding in the U.S. , and the price of eggs is beginning to fall. -
Re: 1968 Shield nickle - Die break?
For starters you have obverse and reverse confused, the features you describe are on the reverse. Your coin is from the second reverese hub that was used in 1868, the "Hub of 1868". This hub was only used this one year and the master hub was used to make working dies directly. The raised line that you see through the… -
Re: This place is a snooze-fest right now, post a coin story
This is the coin @PillarDollarCollector refers to. This one I pulled off eBay not too long ago. It’s a pretty decent piece, well above average, certainly not one of the highest grades though, which I believe to fall in the “fine” range. Guatemalan coins minted during the reign of Phillip, Ferdinand and Carlos 1733-1771 are… -
Re: Who in the world is this?
Hoff is best remembered for being the oldest living ex-major leaguer at the time of his death in Daytona Beach, Florida at age 107. Hoff died of complications resulting from an accidental fall. -
An interesting 1884-O Morgan dollar
One of my interesting purchases of 2020 was a clashed 1884-O Morgan dollar. As you may know, VAM collectors tend to like die clashes. As you probably don't know, I tend to be indifferent to probably 95% or so of them. This one does not fall into that category. So where's the big deal? Not in the usual spots. This one has a… -
Re: The debate on what to do with SF and BS coins continues.
Regarding the theory of used SF dies being used for SHQ business strikes I do not support that theory because: 1) I have never found a SF coin in the 800,000 +/- SHQ business strike coins I have looked at. The coins I looked at were all fresh and not re-wraps. There are many SF coins cashed in at the bank but these will be…
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