I believe it is a Maris 62-q. One of the most common of New Jersey coppers, but an interesting variety.
No, it is a genuine 1787. Looks like a Maris 62 obverse, if you post a reverse picture someone may be able to ID the variety.
They weren't made in 1737, just 1786 to 1788. Can you post a picture of yours?
Agreed, they are all fake. Unfortunately there are a ton of these on the market.
Both are cleaned and damaged, not a lot of value but still nice pieces of history. Produced during the civil war!
No error, somebody drilled a hole in it, pretty much kills the collector value.
I agree there is more to this story, we need to know exactly what Larry Briggs' response was.
That is better than an Ike dollar I won on Ebay, they just tossed it in in a regular envelope and mailed it. It ripped through and never made it...
Will be interesting to see the results, thanks!
I would say genuine, but it is not a 3-B, the ray position is not correct. It may have enough detail to ID the variety, I may have time to check...
It just means that it was minted at Philadelphia.
Very poor fake.
The coin is from the Philadelphia mint, they did not have a mintmark in 1968.
No errors, just a combination of environmental and circulation damage.
I did get several of their "Gem BU" Franklin halves. For the most part I got what I paid for, I did return one that I felt was not up to par and...
Probably only worth a couple dollars, still a 165 year old coin with a lot of history behind it.
Maris devised the attribution system for New Jersey coppers but I would definitely get "New Jersey State Coppers" by Siboni, Howes and Ish,...
Definitely let us know what NGC has to say!
It is just damaged.
Value is very minimal, maybe fifty cents or so.
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