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That's not laughable! It will only be laughable (to some people) if some ignorant collector pays $999 for an AU, cleaned Spanish trail with a lamination.

Mint marks on these coins are placed over the date. Are you wondering what the designers initials are under the date? If so, now I better understand many of your posts.

Volunteer Moderators defined: Weak-bellied, snowflake, do-good control freaks who have nothing better to do than "report" things that may offend 1% of the other members. I call them Mrs. Gruno's. She was the nosy, no life, old witch on our block reporting anything to our parents.

Poor reason to shut down a discussion. They have a saying at ATS: "Don't feed the troll." Notice that members are no longer posting about the sandblasted dime? An OP can post all he wishes. If no one replies anymore the thread is effectively closed all by itself. In my limited experience, in a few cases, ALL the "true" experts and the "ex-pers" in their own mind have been wrong. Best to let things work themselves out. Silence kills threads.

Of course you don't. It is against the rules to discuss those topics on coin forums.

Interesting. At this time, I'm under the impression that this anomaly is due to over polishing the dies in that area. You see, in the 1950's, 1960's, and early 1970's, many of the noted professional numismatists were not worth much as coin authenticators! I have one of these (fake?) pieces and three more from two other dies. I sold this piece to a dealer in 1970 and it was returned as a counterfeit. Now, I know what the dealer based his opinion on! This piece appears to be struck with the 1P die so I'm glad it was returned. I believe my Saudi piece is genuine because (I own it ) it is "mint quality." Unlike the extremely deceptive USAOG coins Ford was involved with that (Kleeberg/Boosel?) were made at the same time period.

Please explain this comment for those of us who are not as informed as you are: "Since PCGS has become JA's little lap dog,..." Thanks in advance!

Lighten up. Non-collectors post on every forum and many of them insult the members (often because a member is a little tough on them or cracks a joke). There are very few things I would not tolerate. I'm sorry folks cannot discuss politics in an agreeable way. Politics influences our life and eventually the coin market more than most know. I'd keep it in a separate section though.

Sorry, I need to know what I posted to answer this. The single sentence you posted above that I wrote is not enough.

Heard on the radio this morning. A lady comes home to see her husband waving a newspaper around. "What are you doing she asks?" "I'm swatting three male flies and two female flies" he replied. "How do you know their sex?" "Easy" he said. "The three male flies are on my beer can while the female flies are on the telephone."

Page #47?

Thanks, so far I've come up empty on the Newman Portal. I'll wait for the footnote in your book.

So did someone publish that Ford was involved in making counterfeits of the discs specifically? By Golly, the hubs are the same for the eagle. Only the backgrounds are different. I believe that one variety of 4 Pound was struck with the 1 Pound die.

NGC Wins Awards for Best Coin Columns and Social Media This may be why this forum is not active. So much going on in other NGC offerings.

I can see how detailing the genuine dies would not fit into the scope of your book; but the tale of J. Ford would. Apparently you believe Ford was involved in producing some of the counterfeits of this series. I don't recall the hubs being identicalon the two denominations. I'll check on this and let you know.

As always, as soon as you post one of your non-numismatic comments!

I'm a buyer too! Are you going to have micrographs of the discs?

Today: Sunday 9 AM CT Forum 50 members on line NGC 8 members. Couldn't find PCGS #'s but is was active. Sunday 5 PM CT Forum 59 members NGC 12 We have a long way to go. I'll be posting some stuff this week.

Thanks to the members on another site where these came from. Hopefully members here will continue this thread. This is the one joke that I kept looking for: A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates: You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1- These men Have Jobs She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads: Floor 2- These men Have Jobs and Love Kids. 'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.' So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads: Floor 3- These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking. 'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads: Floor 4- These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help With Housework. 'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!' Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads: Floor 5- These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak. She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads: Floor 6- You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. PLEASE NOTE: To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a New Wives store just across the street. The first floor has wives that love sex. The second floor has wives that love sex and have money and like beer. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited .................

dpoole Posts A girl brings her fiance home for dinner to meet her parents. After dinner, the mother asks the father to find out about the guy. The father asks the young man to go into the study with him, and have a drink. "So, what are your plans?" he asks the young man. "I'm a Torah scholar." "A Torah scholar. Hmmm," says Dad. "Admirable. But how will you provide my daughter a nice house to live in, such as she is accustomed to?" "I will study," the young man replies, "and God will provide for us." "And how will you buy her a beautiful engagement ring, such as she deserves?" asks the father. "I will concentrate on my studies," the young man answers, "and God will provide for us." "And children? How will you support your children?" "Don't worry, sir. God will provide," replies the fiance. The conversation goes on like that, and each time the father questions the young idealist, the fiance insists that God will provide. Later, the mother asks her husband, "How'd it go, Honey?" The father says, "He has no job and no plans. But the good news is, he thinks I'm God."

dpoole Posts Recently a routine police patrol was parked outside a popular small-town bar. After last call, the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so apparently intoxicated that he could barely walk. The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing. After what seemed an eternity, in which he tried his keys on five different vehicles, the man managed to find his car and fall into it. He sat there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off. Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and off; it was a fine, dry summer night, flicked the blinkers on and off a couple of times, honked the horn and then switched on the lights. He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little, and then remained still for a few more minutes as some more of the other patrons' vehicles left. At last, when his was the only car left in the parking lot, he pulled out and drove slowly down the road. The police officer, having waited patiently all this time, now started up his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, and promptly pulled the man over and administered a breathalyser test. To his amazement, the breathalyzer indicated no evidence that the man had consumed any alcohol at all! Dumbfounded, the officer said, "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the police station. This breathalyser equipment must be broken." "I doubt it," said the truly proud driver. "Tonight I'm the designated decoy."

Outhaul Two friends teed off on the local golf course. One pulled it into the brush on the left, the other shanked it into the woods on the right. The guy on the right finds his ball in a nice lie in a small patch of buttercups with a perfect shot to the green. He addresses the ball, lines his shot up and makes perfect contact. All of a sudden he hears a tremendous crack behind him, turns around to look and sees a tall, slender woman in a billowing white robe, flowers in her hair and an impressive presence. The guy blinks and asks, "Who the hell are you?" She replies, "I am mother nature. It has taken me centuries to perfect that patch of buttercups and you have wantonly destroyed them. For THAT, you have no butter for the rest of your life!" Then CRACK! She was gone. Not believing what he had just experienced, he hollered to his friend, "Bill! Where are you?" Bill replied, "I'm over here in the willows!" He shouted back, "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, BILL, DON'T SWING!"

From marcmoish Two guys grow up together, but after college one moves to Maryland and the other to Miami. They agree to meet every ten years in Myrtle Beach to play golf and catch up with each other. At age 32 they meet, finish their round of golf and head for lunch. "Where you wanna go?" "Hooters." "Why Hooters?" "They have those gals with the cleavage, the tight shorts, and the gorgeous legs." "You're on." At age 42, they meet and play golf again. "Where you wanna go for lunch?" "Hooters." "Again? Why?" "They have cold beer, big screen TVs, and side action on the games." "OK." At age 52 they meet and play again. "So where you wanna go for lunch?" "Hooters. "Why?" "The food is pretty good and there's plenty of parking." "OK." At age 62 they meet again. After a round of golf, one says, "Where you wanna go?" "Hooters." "Why?" "Wings are half price and the food isn't too spicy." "Good choice" At age 72 they meet again. Once again, after a round of golf, one says, "Where shall we go for lunch?" "Hooters." "Why?" "They have six handicapped parking spaces right by the door and they have senior discounts." "Great choice." At age 82 they meet and play again. "Where should we go for lunch?" "Hooters." "Why?" "Because we've never been there before."