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My question exactly. My guess is the portrait plate is properly aligned, but after that the sheet was somehow turned around and made it through...
I would have said 66 until SSal pointed out the rims. So, 65.
Very cool! On the "upside down", which way is the reverse? In other words, is the reverse aligned with the black portrait plate or with the...
How cool to find something that historic in a junk box! I love going through coin dealer junk boxes!
Is it possible they are interpreting the darker area to the right of the 5, and to a lesser extent above it, as rubbing from cleaning? Still, I...
65
Don't waste your money sending it to be graded. It is damaged, and the grading company will be glad to take your money and tell you that. Spend...
Really nice!
I have long found it interesting that the regnal year on these is in Roman numerals (XII=12), but the denomination is in Greek numerals (M=40....
Like others, I know nothing about grading these. Mine is low grade. I'll go out on a limb and say XF-45, just because I like the coin.
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I'm no expert, but it looks like PMD to me.
No, the flow obviously was not upwards from a thinner planchet. I'm just saying it could not have flowed outward first then upward, because...
I don't know anything about these, but they appear to be either Chinese or Japanese by the writing on the front. The chop marks on the back make...
This is, of course, quite true. It is why Full Steps, Full Band Lines, and Full Bell Lines command a premium. But I am not sure it fully...
Really bad mix-up. Aside from that, I find the two-headed cow very interesting. I wonder if there was a living model or if it is total fantasy.
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