• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

DWLange

Member: Seasoned Veteran
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    3,428

  • Joined

  • Days Won

    21

 Content Type 

Everything posted by DWLange

  1. DWLange
    That looks like the correct variety, but it still needs to be submitted for VP service before NGC will recognize it.
  2. DWLange
    Paul Seitz was a pioneer in the manufacture of plastic holders for coins, though he's little remembered today.
  3. DWLange
    Lem E, Thanks posting those columns. I believe there are five or six in the entire series on date styles, but I don't have access to them where I am.
  4. DWLange
    Readers may find this series of articles relevant: Dancing with Dates, Part One (I don't have the capability of copying the link, but you'll find it under USA Coin Album.)
  5. DWLange
    Did you submit it for Variety Plus service? NGC doesn't do that variety under grading alone.
  6. DWLange
    Thanks, berlineagle.
  7. DWLange
    Strike doubling only, I'm afraid.
  8. DWLange
    Before anyone misinterprets those SMS set holders, they were recycled for use with the 1930s coins shown and originally held U. S. Mint SMS coins dated 1966 or 1967.
  9. DWLange
    Sad but true. There is little to be gained by having a damaged or severely worn coin attributed.
  10. DWLange
    This is a good place to see how the real ones look, and the differences will become obvious to you: https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/united-states/post-colonial-period-1776-1820/continental-dollars/
  11. DWLange
    I began getting proof sets in 1971 when they cost $5. I continued to order them from the SFM through 1998, but the state quarter program was just too many coins, and I dropped out. I'd say that I lost money to inflation buying these coins, but they're a nice record of the many changes made during that period.
  12. DWLange
    Most times, if you have to ask it's not real, and this is one of those times.
  13. DWLange
    The s is silent, so they word is pronounced verdigree.
  14. DWLange
    That happens to me sometimes, and I'm an administrator! I just hit Submit a second time, and it posts. I can't guarantee that will work for everyone, but it's worth a try.
  15. DWLange
    Both "verdigris" and "patina" are familiar terms to those interested in ancient or early modern coins. They are not used very often in reference to the sort of coins encountered on this forum.
  16. DWLange
    Damaged in circulation.
  17. DWLange
    I believe that will qualify as "No FG" at NGC. Bear in mind, however, that such minor die states carry very little premium value.
  18. DWLange
    Correction----Douglas Winter.
  19. DWLange
    A 1944 obverse was paired with a non-wartime reverse that was the common reverse for various dates struck by Henning.
  20. DWLange
    It was actually members of the Camden (NJ) Coin Club who spotted the P-less 1944 nickels in 1955. I have a couple examples for reference, but I haven't sought out the other Henning dates among circulated nickels.
  21. DWLange
    Coins that have the prototype reverse will be attributed as such when submitted to NGC with VarietyPlus service.
  22. DWLange
    I work only with USA coins, where varieties are requested frequently. I spoke with our world coins attributor, and there doesn't appear to be enough interest in world varieties to create a Brazilian database.
  23. DWLange
    Time to melt them all!
  24. DWLange
    I don't know their compositions, but the manufacturer did a great job of simulating the colors of gold, silver and copper.
  25. DWLange
    Ohhh---Numistamps! I have a complete set of those in the custom album. It was an affordable way to collect USA type coins at the time.