Hi MrWeasluv. Sorry, but your 'new' 1834 cent is N-04. I show pix below [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] of your coin, an N-04, and an N-07 cent of...
No picture, but an interesting tale from years ago. When I was a kid (1953) I had already collected coins from change for a few years. When...
N-8 of 1829 has a tiny or no reverse center dot.
Looks like a standard 1829 N-8 cent to me. I would not doubt its veracity. Perhaps the encrustations are hiding some evidence. I would defer to...
Modern copy of a Jewish Shekel of the First Revolt (67-71AD).
Though I agree that FAR the most prevalent chunk-out-of-die (ie: "cud") occurrences are at the EDGE, chunks sometimes fall out of the interior as...
The "Die-Struck Counterfeits" from my own collection were all US [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Large Cents.
My favorite "Mirror Coins" have always been brockages. Since I'm a US Large Cent guy, I hope you can forgive my single-mindedness in a few of my...
Earliest US? Though others have me beat, for me it would be my Pine Tree Shilling, bought in 1968.[ATTACH]
John, your writeup is beautiful, and your coins are even MORE beautiful. Your large cents are 37N11 and 38N4. Your 37N11 is the strongest...
Now THAT is a truly nice coin!
Your left image is MUCH more useable. Quite often color hides detail.
'Details' grade is just a cop-out to avoid giving a value-estimate. 'Net' grade (as used by EAC collectors) is a value-opinion meaning "should...
My colonials are gone, but I still have an image of my favorite.[ATTACH]
Absolutely FABULOUS post -- and equally marvelous replies. I can add no brain-candy, but such eye-candy as I have give I you. The first is not...
Is that even silver? It looks brown in your pictures.
This piece, whether real or fake, has had a hard, painful life since it was made. A 'die' used to strike coins carries an intaglio image of the...
[ATTACH] The US Large Cent series features many clashes in the early (pre-1815) series. My favorite, though *NOT* my coin (Oh don't I wish!) is...
[ATTACH] It's not 'white', but we large-centists refer to this as "The Harpooned Whale"
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