yup grafitti quite common, worse one i have is a 1787 CT cent with heavy x's on both surfaces, probably from some bratty kid who got his as tanned...
#1 & #3 are the same image, #2 is not. I hope you have a rare mint error there.
I don't detect any more but used to and found a few King George coppers and US large cents. I collect CT pieces and just bought this one, looks...
no sir, I have been a coin collector, and member of EAC, ANA, and specialized in early cents but also including colonial cents. the NOYES books...
the Noyes book on US large cents 1793-1814 it states "The O of the date is almost directly opposite O of OF on the reverse, and since occurs on no...
I have a 1804 Large cent with barely readable, but readable date, but have personally attributed it as a genuine S-266 from the positions of the...
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