Really nice example, Lord M. One of the classics in the draped bust coins.
Looking at the other items, I think this is either someone selling off their collection, or they buy up collections and put them on ebay. Either...
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Dang! It sold for $280.
Yeah "E PLocoobus Unum " on the ribbon is atypical. But, I have seen far worse fakes!
With high value coins like the 14-D, you have to be very careful as many have been graded and coins outside of a graded holder are immediately...
"altered surfaces" is the best I can come up with, absent a definitive explanation.
I went with 40. Have one in much lower grade with extensive rev cuds
I don't like the 1854; I see the spikes by the dentils on the rev at 3 & 9, and a blob near 2. also, the shape of the numbers in the date looks...
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very nice!
with any coin, copper or silver, when I see the darker toning around the devices sharply demarcated from the fields, like the top coin, that makes...
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It looks like VF25 wear to me; although the spots and circulation marks might net it down some.
This fellow makes coin photo systems for pretty much any budget:http://www.macrocoins.com/home.html he posts a lot over here:...
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