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This letter by Mint Engraver Charles Barber explains the position of dollar dies in presses at the New Orleans Mint. A similar logic was used at the other mints, and for most denominations made on Franklin Peale's type of toggle press. 19000319 Regarding position of silver dollar dies in press at NO...

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It was a complete surprise. Wish I could be in Pittsburgh to accept in person.

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All requests through 7/21/2023 9:30PM have been fulfilled.

Presumably, this included remaining seated dollars including those moved from New Orleans and San Francisco.

All requests through Noon 7/20/2023 have been fulfilled, except for one which did not include an email address. That request is pending.

It is hoped that members will make the effort to disseminate the article's factual information among other silver dollar collectors and sellers.

I plan to close out the article offer Saturday. Please order before then if you want a copy. (I do not keep or share email addresses of coin-related correspondents.)

Also, if you have a related question, please ask.

The simpler way to handle this is to skip the corn field, and go right to the bourbon. A few tastes and who'll care about some old dirty coins.

I'm lost.
This commercial "first strike" and "early release" stuff seems deceptive to me.

George Morgan did a lot of nice medal work until he got to the Philadelphia Mint. Then things gradually went downhill.

Was this guy working out of a hotel room or lobby? These are the kinds of lies that give coin collecting a bad reputation.

What are the facts? Multiple posts and articles are inconsistent. Who brokered the deal? What's the date/mint/denomination breakdown? When was this discovered? Most cornfields are not plowed anymore.

All requests through Noon 7/18/2023 have been fulfilled.

Coin collecting publicity in the US has long focused on the rich and famous holdings. But in reality most proof sets, limited silver strikes in the 1870s-80s, and high quality coins of all dates and mints were acquired by ordinary middle class people. Research reveals many of their names, and shows ...

If any members want a copy of my detailed article about 1895-P dollars, send me a PM with your email. It absolutely confirms that 12,000 circulation coins were struck in late June. What happened to the coins is unknown. The article was published in Coin World in 2006 and used as a teaching tool in s...

Given that "First Strike" is entirely specious, what's the point? [The first 100 coins from new dies are not segregated. Your "First Strike" coin likely came from some later portion of the die pair's usable life. It wasn't 'first' at anything, and might really have been 'last.']

I understand Vampicker's points, but they do not explain the variations seen in the coins. As for digit relief, we'll need real measurements to have a conversation. (PS: Adjustments were made to the Master Die -- not a hub.)

It's worth pointing out this is all speculative at best. I'd also strongly question any comparison to the 1880/79 overdates. That would seem to be far more likely from the hub itself and unlike the O/CC. 1) 1880/79 visible overdates "float" all over the place. They are individual to each obverse di...

It is speculative in part, but based on analogous practices in other lines of business. (Your dentist in a good starter. Ask him/her about filling a tooth cavity. Ask mine reclamation specialists about filling pit mines. Ask road repairers about filling pot holes. Etc.) Further, no other explanation...