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You'll have to as Heritage. I am not aware of an electronic format edition.

Those were based on models and sketches in the Saint-Gaudens collection at Aspet. Some are better than others, but they're all pretty good. My gripe is with the muted definition and detail. SG would not have tolerated it.

Geeee...I try to have book printed without holes...no need plug them. I'll look into that, so to speak, with the printer.

I suspect the collar was fixed and the knurl attached to an eccentric lathe chuck rotated inside the collar - but I've seen no specific instructions. They might have eventually used a knurl cutting tool similar to the cross-slide one shown below.

Dies were usually canceled by heating them in a forge then using a hammer to obliterate the design.This was called destruction by "hammer and forge." A less common method was to heat the die to red hot then drive a chisel into the face two or more times. All this was done by the blacksmith in the presence of one or more mint officers. The steel could not be reused by the mint. They did not have facilities for the kind of metal work necessary to produce the kind of steel needed to make dies. Die steel was bought from a very small number of companies in the form of round or square rods.

I try....

Well....celebrate! You won't have to pay taxes on that dime!

All I did was modify the tonal scale to prevent details from being "washed out." That makes seeing surface irregularities easier. Here's your coin in a somewhat more 'dignified' pose.

The minimum legal weight of a new double eagle was 515.50 grains out of a normal weight of 516 grains. It would not take much of a fin to equal 0.5 grain of gold alloy.

Can't tell from the photos....give me a minute to enhance the obverse pic. OK. Here's an enhanced detail from the obverse photo, above. There is clearly far too much surface damage to support a higher grade than that assigned. The mint flavor lozenge affirms that.

Many fin rim pieces have been handled to the coin that much of the original fin is gone. This was a concern of the Philadelphia Mint Superintendent -- the missing fin metal might make the coin below legal weight.

Counterfeit...and minted sideways, too ! Probably from China, but might also be from Colorado or Peru.

I don't like any of them. Report the seller of the "1804" fake to the FBI or US Secret Service. The OP's photos are "soft" as if a diffusion filter were on the phone or camera.

The book data is correct, but I don't recall the details. I really do not care what the labels say - they are wrong here, and wrong again when they apply the identical term to the knife-rim Eagles of 1907. Just more the the confused Breenisms and lies the hobby has been repeating for generations. Good thing the Breeners don't carry explosives and storm the ANA headquarters..

No US coins, including MCMVII double eagles, were prepared with a "wire edge." Coin edges were either plain, reeded, or lettered. About half the MCMVII DE were struck with a mismatch between planchet, dies and collar. This created pieces with a pronounced fin at the outer edge of the rim. This was a serious defect for gold coins. This was corrected by director Leach in December 1907 and remaining pieces have little or no fin. As for Mr. Winter's market comments, there is no reason to doubt his observations.

Nice coin, scarce mint and a minty-flavored sticker, too!

Denticles were the last part cut on a working die. As with most other parts of a die, they were likely laid out with pencil or ink before cutting. I don't know when knurling tools or markers came into mint use, but they were in normal industrial use to mark and cut gears. If you think about it, denticles are nothing more than incomplete gear teeth.

Those are some excellent coins.... https://www.cngcoins.com/Lots.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_ITEM_ADD_DATE=1&mm_ITEM_ADD_DATE=5&dd_ITEM_ADD_DATE=19&yyyy_ITEM_ADD_DATE=2020&PAGE_NUM=20&PAGE=5

Transactions should always be clear, accurate and verifiable. If there are items for which charges are delayed, such as external consultation, then that should be stated up-front....and not it lawyer-grade fine print.

All the ancients really used were two flat dies, a piece of metal between them and something to drive them together. The cable cutter looks like a good start. a 1/4-inch thick piece of aluminum would make a good planchet. (PS: Take photos or video. I bet members would enjoy seeing them.)

That will work. You have to fill the "cutting" head so your dies will fit, but that should not be a major problem. Maybe a metal rod the diameter of the bottom curve could be flattened on one side, then used as a die face....? A small, damaged cold chisel could cut some letters -- just as a test.

Good temporary dies can be made with common brass rods; soft machine steel will work if you get it hardened properly. Ancient dies were attached to things that looked like tongs or ice tongs. The dies faced each other, a planchet was put between them and a workman struck the dies with a heavy hammer - maybe like a sledge hammer for large coins. Another way was to simply stack the dies and planchet, hold it all in place with tongs and give it a wack. These implements are shown on the following coin: [Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. T. Carisius. 46 BC. AR Denarius (18.77mm, 3.92 g, 5h). Rome mint. Head of Juno Moneta right / Implements for coining money: anvil, garlanded cap above, tongs and hammer on either side; all within laurel wreath. References: Craw., 464/2; Bab., 1 (Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/juno-moneta-die-anvil-tongs-hammer.298102/)] Look on line for issues of The Celator. You'll find lots of information.

Nice find! Lightly circulated 1964-D quarter. Worth silver content only.

If someone else wants to try, they should do it. I will not.

No, that was the FUN committee's decision. The concept had authors rotating on an hourly schedule during one day -- 3 or 4 each hour. It was informal but I felt it would benefit both authors and collectors. The FUN folks could only see dollars flying away from a "lost" table. Small thoughts from small minds.