MS 61?
looks very nice and clean so I guessed 67, no FS.
AU something, dipped to a degree of brightness that I don't find attractive .
4 different MM positions, this could be one, but might not, either. I would not consider buying it based on those photos. obv is scrubbed too.
Nice write up! Greene was a true genius, a master of the fighting retreat, who really bled out the British when his army was "defeated" at...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] This fake made me wary of small, "light" chopmarks, as in the right obv field. [ATTACH]
That's good to hear, shifts my opinion much farther in the "genuine" direction.
I can't say with any confidence that the ebay coin referenced in the OP is a fake. I do think that the small, lightly impressed chops in the L...
Looks good to me, just dirty
thanks for another good grading/learning experience.
I'm prone to undergrade, but this time I think 66; the tics look trivial and non distracting to me, and the coin appears to have great luster,...
It was posted on the CU forum by Bruce Morelan, who is very familiar with the high end trade dollars, that it was from the Eliasberg collection.
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keep it in the OGH, trying for a bean seems reasonable, given the low up front cost. I guessed low AU, it's always tough to guess field luster...
If I may add a little to the history, the medal was designed by the famous French artist, Augustin Dupre', who also designed the Daniel Morgan at...
I have read that if you repeatedly tap the holder lightly on a hard surface the coin will slowly shift position. No personal experience, though!
Looks like a sweet coin plus the rattler cachet and bean!
I'd be happy with a Fugio cent and a paper piece like TypeCoin's. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks for the comments; in hand it has a rich orange-gold color that I like a lot; the only issue I have is the planchet problem near the obv...
I like that type 2, there seem to be quite a few of them around in high AU. I have this one: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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