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Repunched dates are very common on the 1881 3CN's.
You are correct. The die was overpolished at the level of the field, taking away parts of the design in the lowest relief. Grease had nothing to...
Notice that the serial number appears to be an eleven-character format, as used on larger bills, rather than the ten-character format used on $1's...
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I use them for tip money.
Kewl overdate, whatever it is worth!
If that had come into ANACS when I was in charge of Authentication (a LOOOOONG time ago) I would have called it a contemporary counterfeit. I...
Cannot see what point you are trying to make from that photograph.
Unless you are getting a full Brazilian, no.
The official weight tolerance on a new coin is 0.50 grains, but 1.8 grains on a lightly circulated coin sounds about right.
Thank you. That proves your theory that they screwed the pooch with the slab.
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Good luck with your collection. Are you a member of the ANA? If so, you have access to the back issues of The Numismatist online. If you go online...
But you are saying that the slab is wrong, so the fact that it is slabbed is irrelevant. A magnet will easily work through the slab.
So has it been given the magnet test? Or a specific gravity test?
If this coin sticks to a magnet then somebody owes NGC an apology.
Let me put a magnet up against the screen to see if the planchet is steel or zinc.........
Exactly. Back in the mid-1980's there was a company advertising by mail a two-medal set, one was described as .999 fine silver, the other as .99%...
Bump. Are pictures of this piece available?
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