Here's one that most likely hasn't been cleaned, other than by fingers while it was in circulation. [IMG]
Wow - gumballs are a quarter now? I guess I really am getting old - I got them for a penny was I was a kid. :eek:
Tiny yes, even after clicking on it to enlarge it, but I see what looks like a cigar or pipe sticking out of Washington's mouth with swirls of...
I'll be looking forward to seeing if NCS can restore the coin to the condition it was before they "restored" it. [IMG]
From the beginning of time gold has always been a precious metal, so counterfeits have always been produced. Just one example - the racketeer...
Sad to see what they did to that coin. :mad:
There are already a lot of non-monetary coins in this other recently created thread on exonumia. http://www.cointalk.com/t203005/
See post 16 - the same dings are in both coins, although not as evident in the picture before it was submitted. Even Kasia agrees it's the same coin.
That was my thought too, before even reading the post.
Not only that but the letters are a mirror image (backwards) - a squeeze job for sure.
The same thing happens to me at times. I think it's because your mind is expecting what's normal.
Looks like a large date to me too.
Good luck winning the 1873 IHC!
My favorite is the encased 3 cent stamp, but they're all fantastic!
Looks like machine doubling to me too.
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