I grade it EF: Extremely Fake.
Like any coin, you should collect what you like and enjoy. Part of the reason they're inexpensive is that there aren't enough of them for the...
The dies weren't locked all that tightly in place, so one MIGHT have rotated. More likely, there was a second planchet in the press for one of...
From the better photos, it might even be a triple-strike. Still a great error and pickup-.
It's double-struck. Definite error coin. Nice pickup!
Those values are from mint reports. They do not reflect the numbers of coins with those dates. 1804 and 1806 are more common than those numbers...
Dirty, but in a fun way.
The best estimate is that the stemless reverse struck about a million coins over the three years it was in use, far more than any other half cent...
Here's a hint. More than one are fake. As you know, Jack, I know which ones, but I'll let others try to figure it out.
There are more slabbed 1893-S Morgans and 1877 Indians than the entire surviving population of the most common half cent, the 1804 Plain 4 Without...
Congratulations on the cherrypick!
I've had a number of transactions with them as buyer and seller. Never a problem.
This is pretty accurate.
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I have a run of the modern silver proof sets, just because I think they look lovely. I used to own a 1914 proof set for my Dad's birth year. They...
To be honest, the slab does nothing for the coin. Just crack it out and use the acetone dip. It will dissolve off the grease, and anything...
Steve Tompkins' Early United States Half Dollars published in 2015. Lots of good info and pictures.
Definitely, the pictures are of two different sets.
Interesting story. It depends on how you define "money." If the definition requires some kind of human intent in its production, then anything...
The mint goes to great lengths not to offer interesting die varieties in circulating coinage. Before 1836, all of the dies were hand made, so the...
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