Good eye. A clipped planchet on dollars are always popular. Welcome!
Sounded more like ignorance than a joke. And there's plenty of that, and a lack of common sense to go around, that's for sure.
And why, pray tell, wouldn't the copper be radioactive?
Cheap or Good - you don't get both.
In the immortal words of Arnold Schwartzeneger, "It's not a Tumor!"
Looks like it might have had a smudge of some chemical on the surface of the paper, so that the inks wouldn't adhere to the surface. Could have...
Rarer and cheaper than the '14-' Lincoln. Good pick up.
Neat pictorial of a bizarre subject. That does seem like a lot of money for a relatively modern token. Something to watch for. Thanks.
MS63. I don't know what you paid, but not much money 64 and down.
They're not real - just a bunch of Chinese fakes.
What did they offer you?
XF cleaned/brushed. I see lots of hairlines, and color has been removed.
You did very well. A lot of information can be found on the edge of a coin or medal.
Struck by the Lombard Mint. The rim is the giveaway. Marked as silver. The odd toning hurts collector value.
The intaglio printing is what separates the real from the photo copies. Too bad that companies don't train their employees beyond using the starch...
Many have been done. Nothing scarce and not really collectible. It actually ruins the collectibility of the coin since it is post-mint damage.
You can find chops on British Trade Dollars, Maria Teresa Austrian dollars, Pillar Dollars (scarce), Mexican Pesos, Spanish American bust 8...
Yes, they were merchant marks noting that the coin met weight and fineness standards, and was ok to accept. If someone didn't recognize the chops...
It's just a picture from when they were preparing notes for Lew. None were issued with his day-to-day signature since no one could read it.
I've found some great bargains in bins - rare foreign coins and unmarked silver. Raw proofs? Never. Good luck!
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