Die polish lines. They are very common on coins in this age bracket.
This is my 1865 J-424 copper quarter. Struck with the same dies as the silver version.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is one of my pattern quarters. Silver J-423 1865. I have the copper version too.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is my 1857 Seated Dollar in AU 58.[ATTACH]
My 1850-O Seated dollar.[ATTACH]
Even though my 1798 cent was cleaned prior to having varnish applied the coin still was a very nice example. By today's standards it would grade...
I had varnish on a 1798 large cent. It was an extra fine coin. I was able to remove the varnish but, once removed it exposed the fact the cent...
No they did not keep his dime and send him a different coin. I could easily tell they were the same dime. You shouldn't be making comments...
That's because it's not the same coin. There are a number of differences between the coins. The N in UNITED on the reverse is an easy one to...
Neat Coin. I like it.
Yep it's a Kennedy half. Is it special? no Junk silver nothing more.
Winter is good. I live in the north and there is nothing better to wake up in the morning and see a foot of snow. All nice and white and fluffy....
I've been getting the Heritage catalogs since the late 90's I have tossed many out but, have kept a lot of them for reference. If I bought a coin...
Ever since the mint start making the ASE Proofs in 1986 I've been ordering them. This year NO. I didn't think there was anything different this...
File job.
It looks like a 1984 with serious road rash.
Hard to tell if proof like. But grade wise I can see a MS 64. I'm sure it looks better in hand.
This is another bust dime from my collection. It's a 1835 AU 58 but, looks full MS.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]What looks like a scratch on the obverse is...
Here's another 1837 bust dime from my collection.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
You just learned a hard lesson. Don't bid if you can't pay. You lucked out. Many of us have done some dumb things in regards to our collecting...
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