Yeah, this looks to be some sort of chemical toning (not intentional, just environmental).
My gut reaction was Communion Token - The handshake motif and the metal. I should have the token in hand by the end of the week for better...
Thanks Paddy! Glad you enjoy them!
I'm curious to see it in hand. I hope there's enough meat left to see if it was stuck as is.
I picked this up this evening, and have a suspicion what it might be, but I'm curious if any of you know for sure. Seller's pics, and from the...
[IMG] This one is one of my favorite old coppers - I bought it raw from Kevin Vinton and it graded AU58BN. I think on any given day it could...
Carefully.
Amazing deal!
I doubt it. She may be able to get with NGC with you - you have one less level of sale history than I did, so it may work.
I tried this and the folks on the West Coast said no. I wonder if I had asked our East Coast friends to reholder the coin with the pedigree, what...
I guess this is where I have a problem with TPGs sometimes. I feel that their service is to provide an unbiased technical grade of the coin,...
Amazing, Ben!
I don't care for Morgans, but wow. I could get into them with coins like this!
No - The only way to get a pedigree on a slab is to cross it from an existing slab, be the person who is pedigreed, or be a major dealer or...
I agree wholeheartedly. The TPGs are getting very nitpicky and quick to throw coins in the details pile. I'm submitting all my Civil War tokens to...
The rarer varieties are nearly impossible to find. "Nose to T" and PENNEY are several of the desirable ones, as is the one that's actually dated...
This is the most common "Nose to R" type, which is further subdivided by the number of lines on the "1" on the reverse. Good luck counting, I went...
Now I'm curious, too.
Is the Forrer book for world medallists or does it include US medallists as well?
I have and have had the opportunity to buy unidentified tokens, and I thought it might be a neat topic of conversation. For me, part of the hobby...
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