Entry post! thanks for the chance as always! I’m stuck between E and A… but I’ll go with A - for ancient. Here’s a New Jersey copper I have...
Looks like Alfonso XIII but can't find a matching wreath reverse on Numista. If I had my Krause on me I'd look but I don't. My first thought was...
Welcome @JackieTran64 ! :woot: As mentioned above, these are called 'ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGED' coins. The 2015 dime is textbook.
Very nice, Randy. Yours is a very solid VF30. Sure is one to be proud of. Are those cracks on the front of the slab or just pet hair/lint?
It happens very frequently. Dunkin donuts around here doesn't probably for the lots of change reason. However they will pretend its a counterfeit...
Royal Numismatic Society - 1945 https://www.jstor.org/stable/42663269 Page two mentions him. I haven't gone any further though to see what else...
I've found two I can recall as of right now. A 1903 and an 1897 last year.
Yeah... not at all real. Not a particularly convincing one.
In theory... right? But it seems all of these medals are brass, then silvered or gilded afterward. So I don't think that would work, would it?
Looks like one to me.
I searched across a few sites to see if I could find one in gold. I didn't, but I found this in search but the link does not have images of the...
Call around for an XRF. Jewelry shops, pawn, whatever. It looks gold, for sure. I hope it is for your sake.
More luck than I've had! Sweet :)
Could it be die polish lines? Not sure about the discoloration. Is it darker than the rest of the coin?
I saw that the original post was a souvenir token rather than a circulating coin so I thought patterns could count. By the year 1900, it seems...
Heres a few from before 1890 ;)...
There is no Maya Angelou state ;) but I understand. Looks like a little chip on the nose there. I'd call it a cold sore :)
FDC = Français for Fleur-de-coin - meaning 'perfect' - it is their word for uncirculated.
Sweet!! :)
No. Damaged and misplaced metal.
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