It looks like someone tried to hide the casting roughness by mercilessly polishing the coin, they were unsuccessful.
I was at the track during the winter in 2008, a coworker and I had to locate a fiber optic cable running under the infield somewhere near turn 3....
I'm thinking gaming token, if it's a counterfeit it's a feeble attempt
Maybe the toning looked ok when it was slabbed and it turned later?
I think if you're finding them with a metal detector and digging them up in unidentifiable condition, treat them like ancients, rather than more...
HDPE is used for water pipes too, small service lines as well as mains. I've put miles of HDPE pipe in the ground.
I wouldn't mind a "cleaned" AU details bust half, as long as it was over dipped and not abrasively cleaned.
I think NNC is the basement slabbing company that's run by ebay seller Centsless
yeah i think i misinterpreted the very strong clash marks as extra strikes.
Flipped over quadruple struck?
Those aren't really pictures of coins, they are pictures of pictures of coins on a computer screen.
as new states joined the US, new stars were added to the coins, but it was realized that a lot of new states would be added in the future and...
Graded "stempelganz" in the German style...
Calm down, scooter, not everyone is waiting by the computer to answer questions, we have jobs and stuff to do.
PL means Proof-Like, DPL means Deep mirror Proof-Like. proof-like coins are regular business strikes that resemble proofs with mirrored fields.
Give us a name. The best disinfectant is sunlight.
Sum ting wong.
Hurr durr
If i had to choose between them, i'd choose coin #2. They appear to be the same grade but coin 2 has much better eye appeal.
It was a 1940s walking liberty half
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