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I was in Poland recently -- but no ANA show there.

This is entirely reasonable for $1 and $3 gold. They were in demand from jewelers, especially in Britain, for ornaments due to design, low cost, and small size. If you look in Renaissance of American Coinage 1909-1915 you can learn about the US Treasurer's private stash of these, and what was done with them.

If you're going to buy/sell coins, you must learn how to evaluate and grade coins, quickly and reliably. Join ANA and take the grading class for starters.

Photos are too fuzzy to help much. These suggest an ordinary 1880-O dollar. Better photos will help a lot.

BBC article. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201112-the-eye-of-providence-the-symbol-with-a-secret-meaning

You show a 10 Dong coin. Do you have any of the 5 Ding pieces, or the 2-1/2 Ting ?

"Are any of these worth grading?" Nope, also.

On the 50 kopek, the lighter silver coin in your 2nd image seems to be upside down. Turn it over and compare again. Since the two are different issues, I'd expect different edge lettering.

Funf Reichmark. OK...I see my mistake. I looked at incorrectly labeled pieces. The coins are 5 marks and the medals have a different rev inscription. Otherwise coin and medal are nearly identical.

Buy a master pallet and they'll give you 3% off....

I don't see anything of interest on any of those quarters. Agree they seem to be proofs.

For overall utility in striking coins steel alloys are cost effective and easy to work. Steel also adapts well to surface augmentation. Other metals and certain ceramic-metal alloys are better for certain uses.

You have no basis for your ignorant comments. Zero indictments on anything and multiple exonerations.

The piece has a 5 mark denomination on the reverse. Therefore, it is a coin and not a medal.

Don't waste money on "grading." Their value is entirely in silver content. Use the money you were going to spend on grading and take the wife to a nice dinner, and tell her how important she is.

Do you also have a microwave? Problem solved.

Luster is a result of mechanical stress of steel under fore of repeated impact. At it's beginning, and die has little or no luster because its surface has been formed to match that of the hub. Acid dipping contributes to averaging of the metal surface. Under repeated high pressure impacts die steel gradually deforms into a radial pattern (based on planchet metal flow from center to periphery). This is stable for most of the die's coinage life, but eventually the ridges begin to break down and steel particles rapidly etch the die surface. At the beginning of this breakdown, the die should be pulled and condemned. This is completely consistent with what I've seen in documents, especially the Royal Mint in the 1880s, and first hand examination of dies. No. The force used was similar during the Liberty designs and decreased a little with Saint-Gaudens and Pratt designs. Silver dollar-size coins required the Mints largest presses. A bigger press was desirable for DE because it put less stress on the machine, not the dies.

All you need do is reply to your own post. That will allow you to put more photos in the 2nd post, and do it again if needed. All you photos will be in the same thread, and much easier for members to view and comment.

1. Nope. 2. Using normal procedures, he would have put the 43 pieces with the 1932 coins, probably in the Cashier's vault. That would bring the number of 1932 cons produced up to the reported quantity at the end of the year 1932. That is, for all purposes, the 43 coins were dated "1932" in the record books. This matter was investigated, nothing resolved and Congress appropriated money to cover the loss. That was the end. Hoover and FDR policies both came down hard on hoarders - not ordinary people. It was Hoover who started tracking gold withdrawals and deposits and taking names of those making withdrawals -- FDR's people did not do that, although they made limited use of the Hoover "hit lists."

"Insights" like the one above, tend to occur when we test the boundaries of "accepted wisdom." Also, when we look at the complete coinage operation and consequences of the mechanical functions and equipment, we can begin to solve many of the mysteries that baffled past writers. That is: "Learn then Look" (A little more background... For a long time it was assumed that new dies were "polished" before being put into service. That assumption created a cascade of incorrect speculations which then metastasized into "official pronouncements from Experts." What I did was to go into the original records and asked "How were dies made and put into use? How did proof-like coins originate?" What the original letters said was that the final step in preparing a working die was to temper it, then dip the face into weak acid to remove any "fire scale" or surface oxide. After this dip they went into service.... The rest was mentioned earlier in the thread. A similar approach was taken toward luster, and sandblast/satin proofs, and so forth.) Hope this does not sound boastful (I don't want it to be...) -- the information has been there for a long time, just nobody looked -- or maybe bothered to challenge the "Experts," or maybe I was just lucky.

Your mean the billionaire and owner of the NY Jets football team? (Interesting that the thread was edited to remove all Russian text and responses....)

Please don't start multiple threads on the same subject....there are now 4 of these things.

The materials relating to 1933 DE are somewhat scattered between NARA Philadelphia and College Park, and also within the Entry group boxes and folders. I don't think much of it is on-line at NNP and none is digitized at NARA. I have images of much of the material but not all - and do not plan to distribute it until the complete files are ready. There's nothing especially exciting that isn't already known. The main "take away" is that Philadelphia Mint Officers knew much more than was presented in the 1947 trial, and made no effort to release everything to Counsel. The Coiner in 1945, Bartholomew, was Coiner in 1933 and knew exactly what was done in manufacturing the coins. The real "black hole" is who removed the coins from the Mint and when. Mr. Switt had no access.

I got one of those Purdue "Superbirds" at the grocery a while back. Marinated it in cheap whiskey herbs and spices, salt and paprika. Slow roasted it over a political debate....Almost over done! But yummy.

OK...Twice as many letters for the same money! Photos?