looks like its been galvanized. We did it to cents when I was in high school in chemistry class.
No, draped busts ran from 1796-1807...before that was the cap and pole design, which also 29mm.
Thats odd, because draped busts should be around 29mm, I haven't seen too many that are that far apart in diameter.
I'd need a closeup, straight on shotof each coin's obverse and reverse to get started.
VF looks about right, as for cleaning I don't see anything crazy in the pics, but the only thing bothering me is the cuts in the rim that go into...
stored in a rusting can?
Nice piece, nice price...the only real question is are you happy with it, because that in the end is all that matters.
Absolutely Matt, and if I had them and sent them in I would be tickled to get them back like that. My point is that we play guess the grade games...
Well certainly PCGS has given their professional opinion on the coins, but my point is we here, some of whom could be called experts, had many...
[IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Three of my favorites, the 1934 is the lt motto variety and all of them were rescued at different times from a...
And that is why the only thing more subjective and convoluted than grading coins is the olympic figure skating scoring system.
indeed
Coin 2 is the 63
overall I think the coin could go XF40 is what I was saying.
My son is a baseball player, so for that reason I will buy the proof and unc silver coins and probably the unc gold.
yeah to all of the above comments, looks like shelf doubling to me.
Here is a raw one on ebay that I would actually consider for my set (if I needed one) Obverse looks good, reverse looks like it is more XF40 than...
First of all are you talking Raw or TPG, if TPG, then which one. Outside of that I would recommend not using any buy it now function on ebay as I...
pretty.
I too looked at that breast and the leading edge of the wing and thought it was wear, but without the coin in hand, I wondered if it wasn't...
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