Lots of discussion about a low grade, heavily corroded half cent with amateurish graffiti. The usual way that word was imparted onto cents and...
I don't think anyone has touched on another real culprit for spots. Dust. Dust specks (i.e., environmental contamination) can get onto a coin from...
I met him a while back. I liked him.
It depends on how it looks in hand. Your photos are good but no substitute for seeing it in the copper. I would guesstimate it in the $3-400...
I'm more of the view that the cleaning is recent. But's it's definitely been cleaned and recolored. Still, a very sharp example.
I guess I'm the Russian judge. I think A is a high end VF and B is XF. Neither has enough luster for AU, IMHO.
Focus, people. She's not interested in its numismatic value. She's interested in the story.
Nice half cent. Congratulations.
I've busted out a lot more than that!
I agree with SensibleSal66 that variety prices are down across the board. The current zeitgeist seems to be ultra high grades for the common coins...
Scratches for sure. PMD.
The time will come when the only coins that have any market value will be those that have provenance from before the perfect counterfeits were...
Looks like minor circulation damage to the date.
Good description.
Hundred. I hate autocorrect!!!!!
That’s a scarce variety with only a few huffed examples known.
All of the 1794 dies were sunk from the same hub. They were thereafter altered, some heavily.
Well, I haven't looked at them all, but I'd say it's less than half, but certainly pretty common.
Nearly all of the plain edge 1795s and 1797s were struck on TAL tokens.
C-3 is just a die state of C-5. It's not a legitimate variety.
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