Picked this up at local shop. Appears to be an over polished die in the obverse. Honest Abe appears to have a floating nose and poor definition to...
In Spanish, but they agree with your 1890-1900 date range and refer to them as gaming tokens/spielmarks. They list other denominations as 5D and...
If you are close to Silvertowne in Indiana, they have an xrf gun that they use to test all encased gold and platinum. Other large volume gold...
Nice job with Photoshop. If that coin has a couple die cracks and a clash, then a rotated die would go right along with that.
British coins are medal alignment. The extra detail in her hair should correspond to Britannia's elbow or maybe tunic. The edge of one leg might...
Not really familiar with the variety, but that is a great die clash to the right of Victoria. It looks like the clash continues into Victoria's bun.
There is decent detail in the bust on the obverse, but I am knocking it pretty heavy for the green in the reverse and in Lincoln's hair, the ding...
I agree with your grade. Decent hole filler for an album though. Matt
The apostrophe is just how Hawai'i is supposed to be spelled. Matt
Get an xrf test locally. The color does not look consistent with a silver war nick. A shop that buys palladium or large quantities of gold should...
I know about lamb gyros, turkey gyros, and beef gyros, but not coin gyros. Metal in my tzatziki does not sound appealing. Matt
I am going with post mint damage. The raised edge on the left side of the arc is a pretty solid indicator that something made that mark after the...
I would definitely weigh and measure the dimensions that one. The color looks wrong, especially the wiped clean patch behind liberty's head. The...
S698 is likely from the Spink cataloging system used in the reference book Coins of England. I do not have access to that one, but if you are in...
I would not call that one a 67 based on the uploaded photos. The coin is nice, but more in the MS65 range. I did a quick comparison to the MS67...
The Blakesley effect is not a universal indicator of a clipped coin. It seems on coins where the clip includes other elements on the edge, like...
I used the score the length of the tube method to open an uncirculated roll of stuck nickels a while back. I tried putting the plastic end in hot...
I will say this about Littleton: they are very conservative on coin grading. I have never seen a borderline coin with a printed grade on the...
I agree with Pickin. Nice coin, AU something. The glare on the reverse photo makes the details a bit hard to see.
If those flaws are recessed in the coin as opposed to raised, I believe that is a sidewalk coin. Someone stepped on it a few times.
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