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The true story makes sense - the 70-year old fable does not. RE: "...ransom the sultan's daughter." You mean the one nicknamed "beaqib aljamal (camel butt)" ? That was the Sultan of Brunei's daughter.

Thanks. I'll take a closer look. It's kind of fun to see that various permutations and variations people cook up when they have just one old, incorrect, story to repeat and repeat.

Not an Eckfeldt. Neither John Gardner, nor John Nace Garner, nor a Lovett who left it.

The 1933 DE discussion notes die varieties I could identify from photos.

Nope, but those are good guesses.

Neither photo is good enough to die match against other 1933s. I wonder if that was intentional, or if no one over there cared.

Broiled worn coin. Not natural.

It's only 700x700 pixels. Not enough resolution to allow comparison with other 1933s. Also, flat lighting hides marks. The one in the other thread was 970x970 pixels. Was there an attempt to copy the PCGS photo?

Or are more likely to have submitted it to a Motel 6 coin buyer, received a low-ball cash offer and forgotten about it. But you make a good point - there's a certain clean out factor, much as happened with older gold when the dollar was redefined in 1834.

Sorry. Someone must have copied the quote into a post of yours, which I then copied and commented upon.

Yes. I don't know exactly how the Akers rating was created. However, anecdotal comments from others in the business suggest it was closer to Mr. Akers personal experience in handling coins and consultations with others, plus more current TPG data. I do not buy/sell coins. I examine many and have the usual anecdotal sources, but my ordering of coins is built on raw survival and existence data along with normalized TPG data to generate a testable mathematical model. Such models are built on real data/measurements then tested against multiple sample sets - including ones with built-in errors - to establish validity parameters. Statistical significance is then tested and multiple regression analysis applied (of the form:: Y = b0 + b1 x1 + b0 + b1 x2…b0…b1 xn). One of the early problems I remember encountering was overfitting - where the model is too complex for the sample size/sizes. [In effect - I was overthinking the model.] My model was a mixture and had to be revised many times to produce something that was a good fit for reality and at making reasonable predictions. A caveat for this: such models are specific and cannot not be reliably extended.

Unless there is some obscure fine print in the charter or by-laws, any member can run for the Board or presidency.

There is also the factor of having more reliable and independent information in 2018. I suspect this is a stronger influence than any "new" coins suddenly appearing.

Nope. He was Chief Coiner.

Nope. Too recent.

Would you like to borrow my oxyacetylene touch? It makes a fine light! RE: "If anyone would care for additional pics, feel free to ask!" Well.....could you post fewer pictures? My eyes hurt.

The takeaway being that there wasn't much relative change in abundance, even though calculations were made differently for my book.

It was not supposed to be a normal DE diameter, and neither were the originals. Further, no small diameter DE are in private hands, so there could never be any deception or "Newly Discovered" .

One cent coins don't get much respect. Your photos are of typically abused, stained, heated coins. No value at all. However, A century ago the Mint Bureau collaborated with General Electric to experiment with cent planchets that were pre-colored. The goal was to make cents that did not quickly turn mottled brown on use. The cents were called "Calorized" in recognition of pre-strike heating used to color the planchets. The experiments failed because the instant a planchet was struck by the dies, the metal flow destroyed any pre-existing color.

The cents are consistent with the penny jar - pocket change with little or no added collector value.

Uhhhh...no. The director's intent was to imitate the small size experimental DE made from Saint-Gaudens' original 1906 models. The small diameter, thick pieces were intentional and had nothing to do with relief. The experiment was to see if a high relief DE could be struck with one strike if the planchet were made smaller in diameter but thicker.

Do you mean the coin I posted? No. I understand why collectors like the reassurance. There's no purpose for me and I really don't care what a TPG's opinion is.

Looks like you got a nice one from the 2nd day's press run! Congrats!

This year, all candidates were required to wear two left shoes as they ran.

Same as old FDFI covers sold by "Hut River" and others long ago.