AU ish How's the luster?
There are no proof large cents from 1820, and my coin is not one either (it's a fairly typical Randall Hoard coin, as is Lugia's 1818). :)...
VF 35 XF 40 (details) XF 40
Nice examples. I'm missing a wreath cent in my type set.... [img][img] [img][img] [img][img] [img][img] [img][img] [img][img] [img][img]
I don't believe so. Here's the obverse: [img] It's an 1871 "Shallow N". FWIW, not all 1871's have this reverse feature, which is also present...
No, it's not an 1877. Also, it's not strike weakness that you're seeing in the reverse, but rather the weak N is a feature of the die.
MS 70ed copper is not acceptable....to me.
FWIW, I agree with your take.
Darn, I missed this one. :(
I abstain.
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p.s. BTW, I think this is a neat post!
67 - 22 66 - 34d 65 - 26d 64 - 23s 63 - 34s
Try shooting the coins slightly angled such that the light reflects directly off the coin into the lens -- like a mirror. If done correctly, the...
Sometimes I think patience and coin collecting are mutually exclusive.
Spare me the soliloquy, please. If you really didn't care, then you wouldn't have called PCGS in the first place, you wouldn't have ever gotten...
Although just a touch overexposed (or said more properly, your lighting is a bit "hot" which has resulted in overexposed areas), that is your best...
The only crazy idea I see in this thread is someone who has taken an estimate and tried to turn it into something that it is not. Patience,...
Au 50
If not polishing, what do you think the person who did this was doing?
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