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Agreed. The die was improperly hardened. The outer portions were harder than the central area. As the die was used, the soft center collapsed. This increased the distance between the planchet center and the die center, producing weak central details. The coin's weak areas are not perfectly centered, which suggests uneven heating/cooling during the hardening process.

I'll not further criticize the Court's rulings; I was not privy to all the discussions. The Court's reasons for permitting one witness to explain something he did not comprehend yet suppress and prevent testimony by another, better qualified, witness, elude my simple thoughts.

A very short-sighted view, in my opinion. Humans are naturally driven by the unknown - knowable or unknowable. This is an essential separation between us and all other living things on this little planet. Elsewhere -- might be different. Here, everything in the connected "World of Quintus" is a product of this singular human trait.

"Fuzzy Grading Company" Their motto, "Even our plastic is fuzzy!"

To repeat Dr. Sheldon's definition of "70" - it is: perfect as it leaves the dies....NOT design and detail perfect.

Yep !

It is their money. They decide personal "value" and future utility. After the little flight, Bezos said he recognized it was a frivolous 10-minutes. But the purpose of the flight and getting tourists into space, and the billions he had spent on the Blue Origin project, was to change a national an global perception - to look toward the greater goals of humanity, and possibly grow as a human species. They are the ones to convince that historical research is part of their personal agendas.

Degrading "standards" increases revenue.

The long lost cousin of William of Orange was Thomas of Tangerine. He married Margaret Meringue from the Duchy of Limon in the Citron Region of France. (Curious how so many religious groups enjoy killing in the name of the Almighty.)

...and the courts moderate shifts such as you suggest. Precedent is a powerful legal concept.

Yes. The current generation of hybrid uses the same idea as 19th century did for the flywheel. A hybrid battery back is an energy moderator - just like a massive flywheel once was. It smooths total energy supply to augment high demand and store during low demand. The drawback is that a hybrid combines a normal internal combustion power system with battery supplement - two complexities for the price of one. The inverse hybrid would be an electric power system with an internal combustion supplement - simple power and drive system with a non-drive electricity producer. This latter approach greatly reduces range anxiety and recharge lag currently retarding total electric vehicles.

Thanks!

Die chips and similar surface defects are very rarely uniform geometric figures. The OP's dot seems too close to circular to be a natural occurrence. Would need to see a sharper image at greater magnification. Steel dies spall or fracture along crystal boundaries - these are almost never circular.

A 9-day bump.

If the coins are "No Motto" then they must be 1907 or 1908 - is that what is meant by "random?" Or -- do you mean buyers will receive a MS-64 DE dated any year or mint from 1907-1933? Just wondering....

A small adjustment might be helpful, also: The first submission must always be accompanied by an appropriate grovel and kowtow (kneel and touch the ground with your diseased forehead in worshipful submission). Next state clearly and loudly that you are the most unworthy of unworthies, lower than a snake to the ground, and all errors are caused by your personal incompetence. You must beg the TPG to forgive your ignorance and bestow their blessings upon the disgusting bit of rubbish you send to them. Further, you must pledge to name all your descendants down to the 5th generation after "The TPG That Shall Not Be Named." (Blessings and Peace be upon them!) Performing these simple acts of reverence MIGHT -- MIGHT ! - prevent your coin from being returned in a body bag complete with toe-tag.

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Lighting is the tough part. Slabs make it more difficult because they degrade images, and restrict lighting angles. For your 1961 proof quarter, the basic lighting is OK, but notice the apparent direction. For a portrait, the best appearance usually comes from having the light come the facing profile, and downward toward the forehead a little. That produces a more natural appearance. For the reverse do much the same for an eagle with light appearing to come from the 10 or 2 o'clock position.

Yep. Cost me $23.00 to fill the tank. That gives me a 670 mile range on my Camry hybrid.

The Heritage auction database is the best available. The staff and corporate management deserve a lot of credit for maintaining image quality despite bookkeeper pressure to cut resolution and save a few pennies (or cents).

Interesting. Anyone seen others? The dot looks as if it as been there a long time.

They will have catered meals, so bring a Cainus Major bag for leftovers.... I'm Sirius!

Quiet Willie and the Admiral look a lot alike .... (I'm kidding about the Walloon-Balloon, Quiet Willie and other stuff, but to be serious for a moment --- Leeg's research and content on classic commemoratives is so much more interesting, integrated and authoritative, that I have difficulty understanding why Whitman, or another deep pocket publisher hasn't jumped on the project.)

They have false information, speculation and ignorance in common.

Exchange, sale, purchase and other distribution of pattern/experimental pieces was commonplace during the 19th century. The Newlin exchanges during 1885-1886 merely happens to be clearer than most. The last attempt to confiscate pattern/experimental pieces was in 1910 by Director Andrew. It failed, as have all others. The difficulty is that many patterns were legitimately sold on authority of the Mint Director - an authority which he/she possessed. Further, none of them were coins - the design or composition not having been legally adopted. Pieces given to members of Congress or others, but not accompanied by a return order, were considered nominal gifts of valueless chattel. That is, the US Mint/Treasury had to establish that it was retaining all ownership in the pieces. A more recent circumstance reinforces this. At several of the Annual Mint Conferences held in Washington and Philadelphia, the Mint and/or BEP have given - free and clear - sample planchets, autographed currency and other items to participants. There was no accompanying statement retaining ownership, so the items were legal gifts. Decisions precluding items called patterns or experimental pieces from being confiscated date from the Linderman auction and Director Kimball's attempt to seize certain pieces as being illegal off-metal items. The US Attorney disagreed with Kimball's arguments and the pieces were allowed to be retained by Linderman's Estate. Andrew's 1910 attempt, which included a "sting" operation, failed for similar reasons and affirmed that "once the horse was out of the barn, it was free." A parallel conclusion was reached in regard to US gold coins that had not been subject to distribution by common means. Treasury counsel determined, with support from Mr. Tripp and myself, that if any record or any kind existed showing even one piece had been released on authority of the Treasurer or other Official (including the Director), then all such pieces were deemed legitimate. DE of 1933 were the only coins for which no release record could be found. (The Farouk export license could have been argued as applying. This was explained.)