Here's a couple of very tough 1876s: Type II/II and DDO [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It makes perfect sense. There were 9 or 10 official US Mint distributors of the bullion versions and each packaged the pucks differently.
Looks like an honest F15 to me, too. Great find, they are hard to spot. Here's mine: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Most definitely a die crack. You can see that it is raised, or at least that's what I see.
I agree. You took the words right out of my mouth!
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Nice "Wide CC" there! That's a tough one!
Another REALLY tough one... [ATTACH]
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I have cherry-picked two dateless ones off of Ebay over the years. They both straight graded at PCGS, one went F02, the other AG03. I then re-sold...
To put it bluntly, your friend overpaid. That coin's problems, as detailed above, cannot be overlooked. Sending it in for grading would be a waste...
Real, AU details, surfaces altered and/or cleaned. Dark halos around the stars are indicative of cleaning.
I think this one from my collection would go a couple ticks higher today... [ATTACH]
Getting back on topic, here is a "Wide" selection from my collection: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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