Nice detail for dug coins! The Connecticut is a 32.1-X.3 which is a rarity 4 variety, which translates out to 76-200 estimated population.
I just see damage on the edge.
That is the wide AM FG. On the close AM the FG is farther from the base of the memorial.
I don't know why you would want to find environmentally damaged coins, but higher mintages would probably also mean more lost in the ground. If...
Thanks for the update, definitive answer for sure! One further point when you mention the edge, a genuine large planchet coin is thin, just about...
They are neat little coins. Everything is bold on this one, they are often weak in some areas. I found an 1853 metal detecting, can't call it...
The replica makers seem to like Noe-1, I think every cast replica I have seen tries to imitate it.
It has all the looks of a cast replica, plus it is a little heavy which would be very unusual for one of these. The mint was trying to profit on...
Love the history, thanks for posting this. This is an area of numismatics that has long interested me. I haven't yet got into it, but after...
Thanks for the info! I know I have a couple of these, I'll have to dig them out.
And next comes the deluge of posts on here asking "Is this the in cod we trust error?!!!", they are going for big money on ebay!!!
Nice looking well circulated coin. I see no reason to get it slabbed, even if you wanted to sell it most colonial collectors seem to prefer raw...
Since 1776 there has been only one genuine one ever known and many thousands of replicas. Odds are definitely not good, pictures will confirm....
Some kind of foreign substance on the coin, solder, epoxy, melted plastic, doesn't really matter what it is.
I'm not a fan of the URS either and never use it myself, but as that is how coins are listed in the book, I quoted it, and stated what it...
The Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial coins has it listed as a 10 on their new Universal rarity scale which translates out to a R3 on the...
If you are going to look for errors it is always best to study up first so you know what to look for. There are some great sites like...
I've got one farthing and one halfpenny which should be enough but I may get another that shows the brass splasher better like this one.
Very nice!
There were no mixed copper and steel cents, the legit errors were struck on leftover 1942 copper planchets. Any steel cents with copper showing...
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