R8...not too many of them out there. Nice find!
There's a lady at my church with hair that color. I don't know about that coin, but I've bought darkly toned coins to find a harsh cleaning...
If he can figure out a way to turn gift cards into cash, he could use CoinStar machines to pick out his silver and not have to mess with "lazy...
It would be nice if PMG certifies them together. They tell a story. I think it's amazing they slipped past QA.
I've had luck with VerdiCare...but that first one looks pretty damaged.
I see Darth Vader. :blackalien:
I would hang on to it. :)
It could be. I just grabbed the first picture I found on the interweb. :)
I see a little MD, but no DD. I can't tell what's under the 194[1]. It certainly looks like part of a "0"...but that could be an illusion.
I wish I had '41 Merc... [IMG]
My first impression was "fake", but I'm not a Morgan expert. The "cc" seems more like a "cC". The inner loop of the "9" seems off, too.
You mean the thinly clad Lady Liberty walking into a summer breeze? ...or the hammer and anvil? ...or Mt. Pinatubo simmering in the background?
I was hoping for something from the 1870s. :( Nice coins. I don't have any of the U.S. minted Philippine coinage (yet).
...and a snappy tune, too. [MEDIA]
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I think I see what you see...the two curved cracks below the neck as you describe and a crack along the top of the hairline.
I don't argue that it's a coin that's seen significant alterations post-Mint. At the same time, chop marks are a significant part of this...
I'm retired (CISSP-ISSEP)...thank God for government surplus.
Oh...I got another funny story about a Party Line. Well...it wasn't really a party line. This was in the mid-90s and I was renting a townhouse in...
I guessed MS-63, too. What I find amazing is...this would be MS66+ if it were a Morgan Dollar. It seems like TPGs grade based on the known...
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