According to my 1970 Redbook, a 1924 Double Eagle was considered just a common date, even back then ($85 in VF, like all the other common dates)....
A couple of comments:
Yup, looks like a "Brillo pad job" was done on that coin. Someone used "No Sense" when they cleaned that "No Cents" nickel.
Personally, it doesn't "look right" to me, so I would send it back. Even if it is authentic, the toning seems unnatural (and that glow in the...
I think the other person's grades are waaaaaay off base. Here's something you can compare your coins to:...
I love all US coins with an Indian on them, like these:
Although the original meaning of "hobo nickel" was as you described, the broader meaning has come to include just about any Indian head nickel or...
The coin graded NGC-55. http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=3088&lot=1212 The "black crud" is in all likelihood due to copper...
Perhaps someone can explain how this coin "toned" the way it did:
Have you never heard of "hobo nickels"?
So how do you explain copper spots and copper streaks that are so common on US gold coins? Since copper has a lower melting point than gold, it...
Well, I guess that explains the black streaks on this coin:
How's this-- a Louisiana quarter late-stage die cap error that I found in a $10 bag of assorted foreign coins
Thanks. I think the dealer might have thought it was an 03-O. I found it in a box of F-VF Barber dimes that he was selling for $4 each.
Since it "looks better in hand", could you provide your own pictures of the coin?
1908-O Barber dime that I bought for about $4 from a dealer who was liquidating his inventory
Looks like a 1689 Spanish Empire 1-real cob (could be Mexican, could be from another Spanish Empire mint)
Do you mean this coin, a Russian 1 kopek? Unfortunately with that hole in it, it's not worth much....
It could be, but then there's this point-- the area where the coin dealer's body was dumped was not some abandoned industrial area or some...
If those kinds of coins can be had for not much more than melt, then I'll be a buyer.
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