62-BN Curious to see if the obv is considered damaged.
I was going to post the link to the auction but someone purchased it.
It looks to me like it was polished on a buffing wheel.
Probably from a mechanized shotgun roller
Often weakly struck and always the first thing to go
I'm slipping up, I follow the international stuff religiously. You should take the rest of the year off and let the rest of us have a chance at...
I can't understand why so many feel the urge to dip these.
On the tough lately part: I was looking at some 05 Liberty V nickels a few months ago and found two that were both slabbed by one of the popular...
I can accept the 04, I think you were robbed on the 16.
Any idea of how many Obv. dies? By the way that is a sweet large date.
Newcomb lists 1 variety and a 1b for doubling . I know over the years since his works were published there have been many varieties found and...
The shape of the numbers seem to be spot on but the distance of the 5 from the curl isn't even close. Tough to mistake the variety when there's only 1
I have Newcombs original textbook but it is tough sometimes going by his description alone. I just pulled up a good photo of a Lrg Date on...
The corrosion is what bothered me , not so much the degree but the color. My memory tells me that even the dark verdigris has some degree of green.
I have a chance to pick this up for a reasonable amount, I just don't feel quite comfortable about it with all the fakes about. Return could be...
Pretty darn close but the 6 on mine doesn't have the ghosting but if the light is right there appears to be some at the 4's tangent. What do you...
I just looked with a loop and there is nothing but the meaty base. I can see the hit but the base and upright are pretty beefy. Here is a S7 link:...
That's what I was thinking, it looks like a L in the part farthest from the eye and almost like a chain across the bridge of the nose. In the...
I picked this cent up because the 1 in 1864 had an abnormal base. I noticed what I first thought was some damage around the eye when I purchased...
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