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Re: 1943-D DDO Lincoln...
I knew nothing about doubled dies until Ike research became a full time endeavor. Even now I am blissfully ignorant of may of the finer points, mostly because the challenge of simultaneous doubled hub mechanisms on the same die largely defeat even my somewhat scientific mind. But I have come to love the unexpected… -
Re: Your Coin Collecting Sponsor
Everyone: I would like to thank everyone that posted to this thread so far. I really enjoy hearing about how each of us was seduced by the dark side. The posts have been great and I can say that I really think remembering how we all fell in love can remind us to help others fall in love too. If you know a kid who might be… -
Re: Buffalo Nickel Folks: Is the 1914/3 a popular variety? Is it a true variety? Any good pics of one?
<< <i>I thought I remember reading something about the variety being a falsie, but I do not recall now. Maybe it was something else I am thinking of. Anyway, are there any collectors of the variety? Are price guide estimates near accurate? Overrated, underrated? Scarce in all grades, scarce in md grades up? Finally, does… -
Re: Early Lincoln “Memorial Reverse” price history?
AllCoinsRule - Do you remember our gentleman's heated discussion specifically about 1963 P and D MS 66 cent values we had back then??? I refused, and thought it was ridiculous, to purchase a modern Lincoln for $900-$1200!!! Looks like I was right after all... First of all, AllCoinsRule is a Heck of a collector with the… -
Re: 29-D buff, former Yankee Collection
That is an outstanding coin struck from relatively fresh dies. I love the color! As to strike-this from my abraded die book, reflecting part of the strike study I conducted from July, 2001 thru March, 2014. I actually observed around 2000 during this period, the 618 stated was just during the last 100,000 out of more than… -
Re: Philly Coining Presses - A Lot Going On In This Picture
<< <i> << <i>Wow! Several great shots of the planchet reservoirs, which I notice are always on the press operator's left. Since they weren't all left handed, I would guess they scooped them up in their left hands and stacked them into the palms of their right hands. (But then, what if the press operator WAS left handed???)… -
Re: Jefferson 1946S FS-031.5 - hockey stick?
TexasNationals I would have guessed the hockey stick is a "struck through wire" (defintion from Coneca) This coin exhibits an incused thin line from a piece of wire or bristle from a wire brush that came between it and the die. A standard piece of equipment in a machine shop is a wire brush or file card that is used to… -
Re: POLL: FEDEX
I've been un-happy finding a fed-ex package sitting out on my porch, but I do prefer that to having to go pick it up. I've also been ripped off by my fed-ex guy - but not on a delivery. He came to the door bringing me some coins I was excitedly waiting on and wanted to talk about a palm in my front yard. It was about 5'… -
Re: Most underrated lincoln cent variety?
<< <i> << <i>The US Mint had no intention of minting these coins. Blunders they are and errors they remain. >> What about die breaks, RPMs and OMMs? Where do they fall in your list of Varieties/Errors? You have a point but at the same time, your definition is one that would completely turn the VAM world as well as all of… -
Re: A challenge for the hotshot numismatists: What is this thing?
One further bit of evidence to support the die theory is that the shield lines are hand engraved. This would have been a blank area on a hub. But this was already done on the working reverse die used in 1823. Also, a hardened hub would not have broken apart in small portions (as seen in part of the motto) whereas an old…
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