It all happened in 1966, part 2

Started by Dazzle, October 29, 2026, 10:09:53 AM

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Dazzle

Hi everyone, I hope all are well.
I hope you enjoyed reading, "The End of the Wavy Die" and thank you to those that have commented. Being the first story I have ever written and posted, it has been pointed out to me that I should not have mixed it with the technical side of wavey and other valuable feedback which I deeply appreciate. Thank you Fred Lever.
As stated last week, I am posting, which I have attached, story 2, "Scratches, Scars and Shifting Lines". There is no technical jargon in it, it's a story about my coins, wavey and what I experienced about...... I hope you enjoy it and as always, positive or negative feedback is always appreciated, just don't be insulating.
Dazzle.

fred lever

Hi Darryl, Welcome to the wonderful world of coin collecting and the worship of the grade.
Lived in coins are not welcome!
Don't stop looking at your lived in coins and asking questions.
That's what the hobby is really about.
I don't have any 3rd party graded coins and only a handful of proofs and those just give me baselines for comparison.
Having a collection of TPG proofs doesn't mean you actually know anything about coins.
Having a glass jar full of old pennies and understanding why each one is, what it is, comes a lot closer!

Enjoyed part 2.
Theres a lesson in there for all of us.

Cheers, Fred.

WavyTwenty

Nice read.

Your wavy looks a but different to mine, more subtle.  Wish I could see them both next to each other to examine the differences. Fascinating!

Dazzle

Thank you Fred, Thank you Wavytwenty, I'm happy you enjoyed Scratches, Scars and Shifting lines. Wavytwenty, I was looking at the photo of your wavy in my first thread and I must say, Very Nice, the baseline looks like it has been lifting weights. After having a good look at your photo and the coins features then comparing them to wavey, the working hub theory makes sense.
Fred, I've been looking deeper into my box of coins and realising what I have got like a few low mintage, more than a few strike doubling, an English 1941 Three Pence that has a noticeable lamination flaw on the kings jaw up to behind his ear but my new second favourite is an 1983 American quarter with my first rotation at 15 degrees as well as strike doubling, a finned wire rim and an early die clash, jury is still out on that last one. I guess I'm hooked.  Wavytwenty, I have attached some photos of wavey if you want to compare them.
Darryl.