The patina looks artificial, the color is way too even. My best guess is that the coin is genuine, but has been heavily corroded. It looks like...
MS63 no PL.
Yes.
On the topic of smoking, I caught one of my large cents smoking a pipe o_O [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sorry about that, I have nothing against you. :)
MS63
Found it on Wild Winds: Theodosius I AE 2. Struck 392-395 AD. DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA...
Here is one of my only "large" denomination gold coins, an 1887-S Eagle. It has a really nice luster in hand, its hard to capture in a photo....
@Lehigh96 When are you going to do the big reveal? o_O
Amazing! You found a real error! Congratulations! :)
I would throw some Verdi-care on it and call it a day. Anything beyond that will just devalue it even further. I would like to respectfully...
It's Thursday again! Lets post some more examples! :)
It's a 65 no FS IMO.
That sure looks like a blazer! As others already stated its a 20K+ coin. Do you own this piece?
It's in between a VF and an XF IMO, BUT likely wont straight grade because it has environmental damage. This coin was buried at some time.
As to your question, no this is not just limited to 1957, there are many other years with BIEs. They are relatively common and a quite a few are...
Neat Coin! It always surprises me to see such dramatic errors with circulation marks. It looks like your example passed through quite a few hands...
Here is my example, I think it's dated 1965. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Shoot, now that I look at it closer I'm seeing spots of zinc rot. You're right!
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