Brutilized FAKE MULE. S-4 Obverse/S-1 Reverse. And I'd still take it for the right price.
I love it. But could it have been ID'd without the Die State III CUD?
Every time I see a 59 now, I recall a poster who was disappointed because his BU 59 turned out to be a pattern with the 60+ shield instead of the...
This is actually exactly what I was going for.
I don't think they're FAKES so much as Trial Pieces by people trying to compete with or join the MINT. Private MINTs were common and any coinage...
Definitely my Treasure, but I don't know if another man would consider it trash. Perhaps for condition? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I think you're right.
I rotated the image for comparisons. [ATTACH]
I thought I saw the "berry" in the left loop, but I could be wrong as well.
I'm sure it's my imagination, but it appears to me it might be a double strike, with the first strike almost obliterated by the second. I think I...
S-45? and S-56?
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