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Just curious, does anyone on the forum own any coinage dies? (Change the "We" to an I);   |
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Had a chance to pick one up at the Long Beach Expo and regret it. It came with the Statehood Quarter in a nice mahogany box. Great price too. Oh well  swcoin.ecrater.com
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yep, I have a die for a Colorado State Quarter, most appropriately the Denver die No pic but I will try to put one up tonight. |
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I saw they have those coin and die sets for sale on the US Mint website. Not a bad price I suppose at $34.95 each. I just wish there was some small bit of the coin design left on the die, but they apparently grind them off completely. Mike http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wc...archWord=die |
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Yes, I saw those, and bought one a week or so ago. Also, I have searched for hours and I can only seem to be able to get a few pictures of coinage dies, in which I am very interested, and not very much information about them.  Also it would be appreciated if you post pictures of the COA with the die's pictures. Thanks in advance! I'm waiting to see what you got!  |
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Do they grind the die off so someone can't start producing their own quarters?
-SWUSC
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I remember seeing some dies a few years ago where there was a big "X" ground across the surface however you could still see the coin's design, but I don't know if you can still find some like that anymore.
Mike
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I have a die I bought years ago. I think it is a Lincoln Cent reverse die. The die face has been melted with a torch but a small area remains. I tried to get a closeup of the spot. I think it is the bottom of the T in CENT. The locating flat on the bottom is only on one side so the die cannot be put into the press 180 degrees off. Image:  Diecloseup.jpg55.54 KB Image: Diebottom1.jpg51.55 KB Image: Dieface1.jpg38.86 KB Image: Dieserialnum1.jpg94.08 KB |
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I bought a Illinois State Quarter one from a forum member on here a while back. Sorry, no pictures. |
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About the cent die, was that one of the 1968 release or is it newer?
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I don't really know. I bought it from The Coin Depot in the late 80's or early 90's. It was a Coin World add they ran. It could be a 1968 die. Is there anyway to check from the serial number? I always thought about that but never pursued it. |
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I don't know, all I know is that it is either 1968 or earlier, as after 1968 the mint acquired machines that file off the working face completely (like they do now). If it is a 1968 it WILL have an S in the serial, because all the 1968 dies released were from San Fransisco, although having an S DOES NOT by any means mean it was defiantly a 1968, as it could have been older.
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I didn't know that. Thanks for the great info.
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The ones mentioned that show the designs but have a large X cut all the way across them were dies from the 1996 Olympics. These dies are very expensive compared to the 1968's or the later dies with the full face ground off. The 68's and the later dies will cost around $50 when you can find them. The Olympic dies cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
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Posted 07/11/2008 5:49 pm
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