FWIW, looking closely at the coin in question it seems like it either has significant wear or a heck of a lot of smoothing - The diamonds are...
The corrosion, which is really ugly, is far more of problem than the ding. If it looked decent but still had the ding it could be nice - but...
I love that you can tell what this is/was!
Just bought this don't have it in hand yet - thinking perhaps sending it to CAC with a few others. Any guesses about it's CAC worthiness? It's...
So, this coin is posted honestly as a die struck counterfeit on Collector's Corner. How do we know that it is what it is? And what does it mean...
I like them. Wicked cheap for nice coins. Under $20 each. The low "value" of these simple civil war era coins blows me away. I'm so used to...
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Pretty coin - I agree it's an XF. Could have been a 45 though. Not AU. Too many soft edges that look like wear to me - I am constantly amazed...
Yeah, ok. I guess that's an unusual circulated US issue! How do you suppose it earned that rainbow? Is it toned on the reverse? If it's album...
That's a neat variety. A good one to watch out for. Sounds like there might be open and closed claw varieties on quarters minted in 1840. Is...
Happy to learn about this neat variety!
CBD, could you explain a bit more about why this coin and issue are special or unusual, please? Is it the date and issue or or 1852 over inverted...
Sure enough. Thanks for responding. Apology gratefully accepted :)
hmm...... Trying to discourage folks from asking questions or admitting they don't know everything about everything, are we?
Hey, Wouldn't PCGS have to compensate someone who had one of those counterfeit 1872S half dollars in a PCGS holder? How would that work? How...
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On top of everything else - wildly different grade! Wow!
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