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Yes, the company it's keeping does not inspire confidence.
The Castaing machine forced a blank between to engraved metal bars, one fixed and one movable, which imprinted the edge and forced up the rims....
Now if that coin could talk.... Ow!Ow!Ow!
Nice looking, post civil war nickels! I have always liked the shield with rays design, too bad they were so hard to produce.
I think from the images the best that can be hoped for is a "genuine" holder as that coin has clearly been cleaned. However, even a "genuine"...
Thanks for correcting me. I should have remembered that. The raised rim helped the metal flow into the dentils on the dies better. According...
Unfortunately the edge photos aren't very helpful, besides being blurry they would only show lettering which is very easy to fake (as opposed to...
From the photos, I don't see anything that screams "fake!" But the photos aren't great and it could be a better than average forgery. After...
Looks like some kind of artificial treatment to cover up surface problems.
If it is a very rare variety, avidly sought by CBH nuts, and if I too were an avid seeker of such, and if in looking at my projected life...
Sharp looking coin, 55? Die break across the shield?
I have an AU58. Great design.
I think Fine, details (corroded). Love that overdate!
That's a really neat piece. Lucky that the date survived intact.
If in a pcgs holder, these sell at auction for around 1500, maybe a bit more. When gold is purchased at a shop, isn't the seller's contact...
glad to hear the dealer treated you right on the return. the 1886 is a pretty wholesome looking coin
It looks like a 12-U to me, from Bowers' book on colonials, est 125-250 known. Nice!
Looks genuine, and probably xf-au as stated above.
If it's genuine, and I have to say it has an odd grainy look in the photos, it is a rather beat up example. And, you have no idea what may have...
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