those must've been sitting in a drawer somewhere for years and years in order to be in that good of shape when they got around to you
seems to me that kind of die crack looks familiar
Silver value in those halves today is 4.70, so I'd say you were getting quite the deal
these liberty dollars are as good as turtle shells or geodes. If you want to trade someone and they accept it, it's currency
I want to say severe saltwater and sand wear, I've found coins on the beack like this worn down to a nub.
go back in time and get them new. :)
very nice I'm going to call it ms61 myself, mostly due to that spotting on the rev
no kidding, I'm still trying to get a nice specimen
sweet!!! Still better than the mint's engravers I see.
a slab is simply something holding my coin, I will give it my own grade thank you. I will defer to some tpg's in matters of authenticity only,...
post mint
could be a split planchet as well but more likely is the first scenario
I'm going to assume that the picture quality on these is not the best, and from that guess a F-12, if the pics are entirely accurate maybe vg-10 then.
some sort of electrolysis treatment maybe?? Whatever happened to it it sure is an interesting conversation piece
it only takes one, but he found the lightbuld in a bargain box at the coin shop and convinced himself that it was worth 12X he paid for it
holy crap, that grade both sucks and blows
I purchased an 09-s vdb for $575, that was in '03 it is vf-30/xf-40 ish
not really a fan of restrikes official or not
they're not that big a deal really
lamination errors are fairly common on older series coins as the metal sometimes wasn't mixed all that well
Separate names with a comma.
