The coin is fake. It's a pretty good one though. @Jack D. Young, is there a known counterfeit die with a broken "L" in "DOLLAR"?
PF-67?
I checked Snow's book and I didn't find a match. It's probably Longacre doubling.
I had a feeling someone was going to say something like that. :)
I have little to no experience with ancient coins, but I have the opportunity to buy these. Are they attributed correctly and what are they worth?...
The Cougar 1 oz. silver is really cool, but I still like the Venezuelan 5 Bolivares better! I enjoy the portrait, the coat of arms and the old...
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They look great! I assume the Flying Eagle Cent grade was supposed to read XF45?
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Hey @dwhiz, do you have one of these?...
I don't have it with me right now, but I read a book by Rick Snow and he said many curiosities were made "at night" by a young mint employee...
Bicentennial Quarters a quite common especially since they were minted for 2 years (1975-1976). They'd have to be MS-67 or higher to be worth...
To bad you can't see the entire last name. I could probably figure it out if I knew what it was.
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I want that book! As you probably know I'm an avid collector of exonumia and I don't have this book in my steady growing token library. Thanks...
AU Details Cleaned. I'm not sure if it should be sent in or not. It's a great looking coin by the way!
Looks better than VG-8 to me. Maybe they knocked the grade down a bit for the old cleaning?
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It's a minor error called a die crack. That's a cool find, but it probably isn't worth any more than silver value because the crack is on the...
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