Was that Sheridan's auction? Lots of eye candy!
These circulated in early America and have an interesting design A lot of shipwreck salvaged coins are available as well as a lot of cleaned and...
great coin, and deserving of JA's approval
Wow that's a beauty. I'll guess AU53.
Great coins,Kanga. good choices.
It looks good to me, grade wise about mid VF. Rims are nice and no major hits in the fields. Dark splotch next to the date may just be toning,...
Sold for nearly $2200!
I agree.. it's an artifact, and should be left as is.
congrats, and thanks for all of your contributions to the CT community!
That"s a really good looking Peace Dollar!
welcome to collecting CBH's. I started a date set a few years ago aiming for fine/vf coins, but picked up a handful of xf-au along the way....
speaking about the 76-s again, on the obv there seems to be some sort of problem near the ribbon tips, and the overall surfaces look odd. Again,...
the 77cc and 78cc both have the wrong rev (T1) so are arm's length fakes. mushy granular surfaces too. as pointed out the 1878 was proof only...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I picked this one (I don't own many) because it was in my Dad's bank box after he died. This one and several other common...
A planchet flaw in that spot is not out of the question, either.
That's a really, really tough coin, WFN.
I agree, looks like damage to me too as there is some disturbed metal around the A also. I can't really tell much about the surfaces otherwise.
I am so glad this cache was found by archaeologists and not looters!
Since I don't really need AF or AE when using the camera on a copy stand, some time ago I bought an old manual 105mm Micro-Nikkor. cost about...
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