Just polished with a jeweler's cloth, probably dipped first.
It's not a $8,500+ return unless you're actually able to sell it for $10,000. And, the net sale amount is reduced by inflation.
This could also have been in the problem coin thread, but I like it as it is.[ATTACH]
Not quite so. For serials between 00000001 and 00000100 there are 25 primes. Between 00000101 and 00000200 there are 20. Between 00000201 and...
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You might start by reading this http://www.ebay.com/gds/Coin-Fake-Detection-Indian-Head-Cents-1-/10000000017599215/g.html and this...
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First - How would "test" it? Second - the seller describes it as "Rainbow Toning". You can see what it is, what would tell you it's "fake"?
Probably the result of the die clash.
Keep the slab number recorded and check future auctions. You should even file a police report so that if the number shows up again you'll have...
Not in the pictures you've posted. [img]
Or is incapable of taking good pictures. Not everyone is potographicaly literate, especially when using a cell phone instead of a camera.
It was. I had it for about 40 years and decided it didn't fit with what I was collecting at the time, so I let it go. Now, it would fit nicely....
The ones you find in circulation are worth 5 cents, unless they're 1943.
[ATTACH] If the set was MS64 you'd be around 20K. At G-VF you're about 5-10% of that. The ones you're missing are where the main value is....
I don't think I made any real errors - Maybe paid too much or sold too low on a few, offset by paying low and selling high on others. There is...
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