It looks like it might have a damaged reverse above the mintmark. Also, why would you state it might have been cleaned in the '80s at the latest?
I imagine that if you called a dealer who has access to the subscription-based CAC buy prices that they would at least attempt to buy the coins at...
The part in bold has me curious; the CAC website does not list prices so how did you find a price?
See if the bubbles flake off. Given the amount of apparent wear on the piece, any bubbles from a possible counterfeiting process should have worn...
Sterling silver is 92.5% pure, otherwise known as 0.925 fine. You paid a premium for the bar, but it was hardly extremely stiff and some folks...
They are both so low grade that they are worth the same amount, which is only a few dollars. I would advise you to buy the 1903-O since it has a...
My short answer would be that in my experience it adds liquidity to a coin moreso than price. If one values liquidity then it indeed adds value.
Do a search of CAC on these and the NGC boards and you will find many heated discussions and may even find a post or two with sound logic embedded...
It's a common coin that appears to be accurately graded, though I would imagine you might be able to find one for a few dollars less. However,...
It's a great deal ...for the seller.
No matter what you do, there will still be damage from corrosion on the surfaces. Keep that in mind.
They aren't extremely valuable, but they are still nice pieces.
The "UC/proofs" label likely stood for "uncirculated or proof" so the coin would have been at home in that box regardless.
It seems you are having a hard time reconciling what you have grown up learning as family history with what the images are telling or implying to...
Paragraphs are your friend.:D
I don't believe anyone accused you or your father of cleaning this coin, but unless he obtained it fresh from the US Mint in 1909 it means that...
I have to give you props for truth in advertising.:)
It's not a proof coin from what I can see and appears to be a cleaned AU worth a few dollars.
It's not a proof and it is not marked as a proof, either, so there should be no confusion on the issue. It is a circulated coin that appears to...
There is no image of the 1903-O reverse, they are both images for the 1897 reverse.
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