Conder has already called this one. http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?NewsletterNewsArticleID=122 Read about finning at that URL.
It has a possibility. I blew up the photo and it does look like a RPM. Have you looked at the master listings for CONECA?...
OP, if the price is right.. buy the coin. As long as your happy with it, why not? You know how many 1877 Indian Head Cents I see that are FAR...
Perhaps he is looking at it because it is a Doubled Die?
It is post mint. Notice the L in Liberty as well. From a rolling machine I would suspect.
Nice Photos.
The weave is probably from the jaws of a vice.. as is the BON. Squeeze job, all damage, nothing even remotely like an error on this coin....
Looks acidic to me. look at my avatar. Acid can be many things.. people think ACID.. yikes.. Ketchup, lemon Juice etc.. all fall into...
I think Frank nailed this one. Hard to really say since its pure speculation on how a coin gets damaged in most cases. Neat looking though.
Just a worn out die. Nice example though..
Looks like an encased coin in the past to me. (Richard, sorry I couldn't spend some time with you at the MSNS show, as you could tell I was...
Bad example Carlos. An elongated Cent receives about 20 tons to ROLL the coin into an elongated. Coins are struck, not rolled and they get...
I would be in the Low End MS grades as well with it.. 61-63. Hard to define luster on the pic. Strange part of this coin is there is no Clash...
There is a dealer that I can say is my go to guy on Seated Coinage. Dick Osborn. He is the biggest collector and dealer of Seated Halves in the...
I have had the Carr coins come to me at shows with stories like.. I got this back in 1964 and its been in my SDB for years. One guy was like 70...
Rick, I dont think Ken will be there with a table.. He may stop in for a visit but I will be wandering around Sat and Sun.
you might want to sit down. I have many of those out on a website for sale at 30 cents each and NONE have sold. So I am guessing that they are...
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Keep in mind that alot of the Kennedy Halves have seen the inside of slot machines as well.
Leave the frozen Tundra to attend a coin convention in a warm climate? I wish I could get away, sadly not in the cards
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