The mintmark looks dark around it. But I've seen that with certified genuine specimens as well.
Wow, the cord connected from the axial light frame to the goose-neck is ingenious. The [copper] token and the IHC look amazing.
I meant that! I was being 1950's friendly :D
Yeah, I knew someone would have a smart reply to this!! ;)
Nice looking specimen. Any way you can post larger photos?
I remember when I lived in Boca there was constant paranoia about counterfeits... even the gas stations pulled out the markers for notes as small...
Pursuant to U.S. Code, is illegal to counterfeit any foreign currency or coinage.
Any chance you could post a photo of your Axial lighting setup?
Nice purchase price. IMO, the first photo of the obverse specimen exhibits some signs of evidence of cleaning. That said, it is beautiful :)
Does anyone have any opinions as to this idea?
The reverse of that specimen indeed looks very nice :thumb: And LIBERTY is certainly well defined... I hope that you were able to obtain it at a...
LMAO! ** I have a wooden, velvet lined box that I toss miscellaneous items in... including foreign coins found from general circulation......
In any event going back to your original question, I believe it is worth getting graded. But that's just my two cents worth :)
This is exactly how I view it. No guarantee either way with those numbers, only a diagnostic towards verifying the authenticity of a specimen....
That IHC looks awesome!
I concur. It would have been a nice specimen to have, if indeed it was genuine, I'll say that :)
Stephen - I looks like 3759 is a tracking or lot number that the seller is using to organize/keep track of their own auctions. If you peruse the...
This specimen also did not meet any of diagnostics in Breen's; Breen also only lists the Vlack 4-75A (W-7780) for 1775. I was unable to find any...
lol... i concur.
Perhaps create a phonetic primer of the Cyrillic 32 letter alphabet to the Latin alphabet, then sound it out? IMO the Cyrillic alphabet isn't all...
Separate names with a comma.
