He is still posting on the NGC forums.
The 1895 looks to be the S3 Can't find a match for the 1899.
It's called machine doubling. Your coins are not from a doubled die.
The coin is worth 1 cent.
1992
After all these years it looks like this in the slab. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I bought this one from Mr. Bowers raw at auction. It cost me $8 to have it graded. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Same here. The small s would be all coins minted from 1970 to 1979.
The guy was testing the site. He learned how far he could go before getting the boot. I'm sure he will be back in the future. He also learned how...
I'm at 63.
I'll guess the guy got a warning and a vacation. I'm sure he received other warnings and ignored them. Lets be careful that we don't cross the...
It's pretty. Maybe fire damage?
I collected a lot of silver rounds when silver was at $6 to $8. Lots of cool designs to pick from. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Looks like a mouse was chewing on it.
I love large medals. These are some of my favorites. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm in the "some" camp as well. Is there a most or all camp?
Were the weights correct?
I grew up searching the junk piles. I was paying 2X to 3X face value for nice AU and better silver coins. Had a lot of fun filling albums. Today...
Just a thought. You could start with just the coins from the 40's. I think folks used to call it the short set. The prices of AU thru MS63 are not...
To me the coin looks to be in the 65-66 range. The grading fees would be about the value of the coin.
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