I saw the last one they sold.. nowhere near the eye appeal of this coin and a lousy strike. Absolutely stunning coin IMO.
And with car sales down 30-40%, that's an awful lot less Platinum being used, plus the recycling of Cats is becoming quite commonplace.
1968 is the last year of that high relief die
This is why I have now have 5 sets going :D 1 Set of amazing SLQs (63+FH), 1 Set of Circulated SLQs, Circ Walkers, Cirs Lincolns and Circ Liberty...
It's got a lot of the technical details for an XF really, the drape below her left arm is visible over her left leg, you can see the outline of...
Coin is worth what it says on the reverse
Every time I try and grade a coin based on pics lately I end up kicking myself in the head it seems. I bought a coin from a major auction house...
I could be way off base, and I am not good with proofs, but it looks like the last 2 are proofs, the first one seems to be less "sharp" in its'...
rlm beat me to it, surfaces look like they have, well, dirt on them. I'd say a strong VF though.
Try finding most any 50s cent in less than VF or F.
Well put. That or a 13 Liberty Nickel, If I see what you mean.
I was paying more attention to the reverse, now that you point it out and I look at the obverse I do see traces of something all right, also see...
If I am seeing what you are seeing it's on the reverse, to the NW of the "O" in "ONE" and from halfway down the "CE" in "CENT" and down, right?
Here's an article on identifying them.. http://www.anacs.com/contentPages/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=48
http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Controversial/Cents.html That link I remembered having some information on it, PCGS refused to certify it....
Jesh, I don't collect or really follow Gold, but if it were me I would save up and buy a heavy coin, a high grade key date. If memory serves...
Are we discussing rarest by date or rarest by variety? Rarest by date would be the 1959 Wheatie... if you believe that it's a genuine coin.
Peter, Sorry to hear about that. :( Hope you are OK up there! Is the House all right?
It looks like it has one, but I dount that would BB a 93-S. A common date? Yep, a 93-S? Doubtful. Remember that harshly cleaned F details 1916...
I have an OLympus E300, I am not good at using it, and I have this thin red Casio thing, says 5 Megapixels... both are a few years old. Olympus...
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