Well, that's not how die variety attribution works. Either the coin in question stands up to scrutiny/criticism--or it doesn't. We look at the...
Most definitely a DDO--but it's not S-2, which has a broken wing tip and type of 1856 obverse. I'll do more digging... Update--found it! It's the...
Oh I get it now--you're talking about the same coin--doh! :P I'll have to check into that...
Very nice--that's a strong clash to be seen in the portrait like that.
Nice one! To my eyes it looks closest to #4...mm position seems similar too. But I'm not seeing all the markers, I bet. :)
That's interesting--what year is it? The picture is a little grainy, so I can't tell for sure if this is only on the tops of UNITED (unlike...
There were some reeded edge IHC patterns, but their edge look quite different. Since the reeding of the patterns was cut into the collar, the...
Well look...I commented only on this particular, very well-documented 1894/1894. The marks on this coin, which are alleged to be a DDO, are simply...
It is the variety they claim it to be--the die was dated with a broken 2 punch. I would grade it ~VF30. There may be a couple spots of corrosion...
Well done--that one got 'under the radar'--that's how I like to cherrypick! :D
Rarity figures get published in books like the Cherrypicker's guide--but as actual finds change constantly, so does "rarity". Are you interested...
Nice find--congrats! :)
That's a cool photographic effect--they almost look like cutouts, but I can see a few places where spots show through. Your Dino-lite must have...
Thanks...half the fun is the hunt/analysis. :)
Thanks--even nicer, slabbed/unslabbed but unattributed varieties are out there--and sometimes w/o competing bids. :D
Here's a coin that I spotted on eBay last week, which took some investigative work to correctly attribute. It's an NGC slabbed coin; the seller's...
Yep, that's what "zinc rot" does--the metal oxidizes to a white powdery material, which takes more room and pushes up the plating.
Oh yeah--no doubts whatsoever, but of course you already knew that. :)
Yeah...the two RPDs for 1867 with repunching on the top is on the "67". I do see what you're pointing to, but the "doubling" we're seeing is on...
Looks like the real deal to me--but a sharper rev. pic would confirm things--congrats! :)
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