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Re: 1910 10 dollar Indian, any chance this is a proof? Updated 12-23
. @2windy2fish i haven't seen anyone post this, that i saw but unfortunately business strike and proof coinage can share diagnostics and therefore dies so those aren't always definitive for differentiation between them. so anyone reading, tread lightly and don't rely on just a few diagnostic marks shared with known proof… -
Re: Trying to determine which 1913 Liberty Nickel is which
Well, they do come with two different finishes. (The dies were probably polished a bit more in the middle of the 5 coin production run, presumably because the first coins didn't look so great.) So if you make the reasonable assumption that the one described as "uncirculated with proof surfaces" is one of the one's with the… -
Re: What is it?? Need help!!
Texas has a couple of big Renaissance festivals. The last time I went, there was a medieval "mint" set up, that was making coins like this. They had a guillotine-type press where they would place the planchet between the two dies, and then release a weight that would fall on the top die and strike the coin. I believe this… -
Re: Miguel Tejada: Good Guy....almost Ruthian!
<< <i>Too bad the "good guys" aren't so good. . . >> For everyone who dies from smoking or drinking, how much of the blame falls on George Burns and Mickey Mantle. Everyone who uses drugs makes their own decision; everyone who stays away from drugs makes their own desicion. To suggest otherwise is an insult and helps to… -
Re: One Coin From your Collection that Shouts Joy to You
I apologize twice. Once because i have no pictures and everyone in the 21st century knows it never happened without pictures. Second because I have 2 coins. (To be honest I would be ashamed to have ANY coin in my collection appear in the group of beautiful rare coins that have bee posted so far.) Coin 1 is an 1880-o Morgan… -
Re: Ward vs Gatti
These guys need to know and understand that there's a big difference between a 20 or 30 year old getting hit on the head, versus a 50 or 60 year old. A younger body simply because of youth, can absorb punishment much better than an older body. Look at Bob Saget the comedian. He was around 65 years old. He falls in the… -
Re: 2004 Wisconsin extra leafs---
This is the article I wrote for the Coin Dealer Newsletter. Everything (except, obviously, the first sentence) is based on facts from personal experience, interviews with Mint Employees, Mint press releases and research by an expert metallurgist using a Scanning Electron Microscope. Wisconsin Extra Leaves By Richard Snow,… -
Re: OT--A very personal message.
This isn't something I consider OT - I consider it "life", and something we will all deal with in time, whether a spouse, parent or child is taken from us. I'm very sorry for your loss, and know although you have an ache in your heart every day, today will be extra hard. Last month my friend, Bob Bruce, died, which I wrote… -
Re: Who's up for a can of worms?
There really isn't a difference in the dies, but the coins in the uncirc sets are handled with much more care. You won't find a bag mark on a uncirc set coin, and the business strike coins are so sloppily made that it's hard to find a nice strike in the wild. Here's the Mint's official statement: :smile: What's the… -
Re: Should MLB reinstate Pete Rose?
A Baseball Hall of Fame with Harold Baines in means NOTHING! It's already worthless and has quite a few POS human beings in it, Pete would not alter that mix. The 'young girl' allegations were timed too coincidentally with his last attempt at reinstatement and they died as soon as his reinstatement chances did for me to…
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