sale had no picture (all his others did) and no bids (what a surprise, no pic/no bid lol) Opening bid was a wooping 30 bucks so I said screw it I felt like taking a chance... Oh, what was the description you ask?? 1806 Copper HALF CENT~Slabbed by PCGS VG Detail Lg 6 Stems~Environmental Damage I've probably bought a slug... but we'll see...
The fly in the ointment would be if it’s a counterfeit coin in a counterfeit slab. That’s how these guys have beaten the system. They scrape off the problems that can identify their counterfeits as bad, recolor them and get them into “details” holders. Of course it’s hard to get rich doing that when you are only charging $30. It might be a real coin. My experience with the 1806, Large 6 Stems half cent is that a lot of the circulated survivors have problems. Oddly enough the variety is "common" in Mint State, for an early 19th century coin, because of a hoard of them that surfaced in the early 1900s. Here is an example.
Hot Damn!!! Happy as a pig in poop (saying that a lot recently lol) Damn nice coin for a VG grade I think... and for 30 buck and no pic I did damn well Add in a 90 degree rotation on the reverse and I did very very well lol
You've got some luck flowing your way. I wouldn't have made an offer sight unseen. FYI, any rotation is always on the reverse. You'll always hold the obverse so the orientation is correct, thereby seeing any rotation on the reverse. Very nice score @mrweaseluv
