Posted 04/03/2014 8:43 pm
John, thanks a lot for the insight on die clashes. New to me.
Have this coin already and what worries me most is not the inverted potential die clash lettering on top, but the small "debris" areas we discussed. In the picture they dont show too much or that clearly, but these are pretty much everywhere and through a good magnifier, they dont look like loose pieces that were caught in the die and marked it. It looks more like when you are playing with plaster and trying to make a surface even but several layers were put and tried to make those flat with very poor results. They are all over, which concerns me could be potentially an indication of coin image transferring for duplication.
Look at the center of the coat of arms too. the three flowers are pretty weak and the top left flower has a missing portion. that missing portion seems too one of those copy-transfer errors, just not raised.
I'd love to look at the edge of this coin and verify how it looks overall and check the overlaps. Same thing with weighting. But the slab seems to be sealed. Not sure if its meant to allow opening or if it has to be destroyed to open, as a security measure.
Do you know if ANACS keeps images of the coins graded?
I noticed they keep descriptions based on the serial number, but that doesn't help much, as the coin inside could be any other matching the description but sneaked into a certified slab by a clever dealer.
If they at least added more identifying features in the tag, specific to the coin graded, like weight, diameter or even distinctive marks, it would be a much helpful service, beyond grading, for help fighting all this counterfeiting that takes place in the industry.
Thanks again !
Have this coin already and what worries me most is not the inverted potential die clash lettering on top, but the small "debris" areas we discussed. In the picture they dont show too much or that clearly, but these are pretty much everywhere and through a good magnifier, they dont look like loose pieces that were caught in the die and marked it. It looks more like when you are playing with plaster and trying to make a surface even but several layers were put and tried to make those flat with very poor results. They are all over, which concerns me could be potentially an indication of coin image transferring for duplication.
Look at the center of the coat of arms too. the three flowers are pretty weak and the top left flower has a missing portion. that missing portion seems too one of those copy-transfer errors, just not raised.
I'd love to look at the edge of this coin and verify how it looks overall and check the overlaps. Same thing with weighting. But the slab seems to be sealed. Not sure if its meant to allow opening or if it has to be destroyed to open, as a security measure.
Do you know if ANACS keeps images of the coins graded?
I noticed they keep descriptions based on the serial number, but that doesn't help much, as the coin inside could be any other matching the description but sneaked into a certified slab by a clever dealer.
If they at least added more identifying features in the tag, specific to the coin graded, like weight, diameter or even distinctive marks, it would be a much helpful service, beyond grading, for help fighting all this counterfeiting that takes place in the industry.
Thanks again !
