My guess is the 09 has very fine corrosion, hence the color.
I understand you are frustrated but as a buyer on ebay let me say this, I do not bid on coins with a no return policy. I am not doubting your...
I wholeheartedly agree with this in regards to early copper. Not only is it far more rare then later stuff, almost all the nice coins have been...
Just curious, was the picture in the listing of the actual coin you sold, or did you use a picture of a different coin?
The category is listing practices, fraudulent listing activity...
wish I remembered the selling ID before, but I am pretty sure it's different... Either way I just reported this again.
Just an update but here is the coin sold at heritage in 07: http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=430&lotNo=2097 Pictures in the listing look...
Just wanted to draw some attention to this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270793444468 It's a 1793 S3 in about ef40 for...
+1 with the caveat of if you know and respect the seller, and even then judge it for yourself. There are a handful of copper guys that sell...
I keep mine in 2X2 coin envelopes with little cotton liners inside.
The 1802 can be attributed with a photo, the 1838 would be a maybe. The late date large cent's are very difficult to attribute by photo as the...
If large cents are something you are thinking about getting serious about collecting I highly recommend joining Early American Copper club, I...
The winning bidder is going to win for one bid over your max regardless of what he bids. So If your max bid was 75 and he bid 90 he would win for 76.
That coin is not the coin from the EAC sale, and in my opinion your coin is nicer. Without having the coin in hand I would say it's AU55 by EAC...
I will check the auction catalog later and see if they have a picture to compare it too. For the census stuff you would not send it to a TPG like...
Very nice coin, and it's conditional census in that grade for the variety.
Just did a quick scan of varieties where the doubled die is diagnostic and came up with 5. I found one more where the doubled die is not in bold...
Leadfoot, Now I am curious, I will check the Grellman book when I get a chance this weekend. I know there are varieties in the late date series...
How do you do this? I can't figure it out.
Thanks for the clarification Condor, I focus more on the late dates and assumed incorrectly that double dies were as common early as they are...
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