Unfortunately, this is definitely fake and a well-known fake in the early copper world. The obvious tell is that the reverse is wrong for the...
A number of years ago, we had chocolate coins as giveaways at an Early American Coppers convention. Actual 200 year old coins were used as the...
QDB has been a professional numismatist for over 60 years. He is (or was) a major dealer; I think he's mostly retired from coin dealing. I have...
Definitely NOT verdigris. It's corrosion. Minor, and the con is otherwise porous, so I wouldn't do anything about it. VerdiCare does not get rid...
I agree on the folded fin. There are a whole bunch of late date large cents that have these things, and people call them cuds, even though they...
Jack is doing wonderful work on behalf of all of us. There are some fakes out there that have fooled specialists. Jack and his "team" are on the...
Not made using the technology that the Mass mint used. Therefore, definitely a modern copy.
There have been several examples on eBay lately of alleged dug early coppers from Delaware. They have been obvious fakes (obverse and reverse of...
Sodium sesquicarbonate works. The recipes I've found on the Internet are poor, as those making them up don't seem to understand chemistry, but if...
I, too have a Dino-Lite, and I, too, never use it. The focus is not flat. They are fine for projecting images for a talk, but if you want good...
I look forward to seeing some answers. To the best of my knowledge, they can't really be removed without otherwise damaging the coin.
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Looks to me like a SMS coin.
Basal State 1
Anyone trying to make sense of the 1-70 scale in the current market is going to fail. In 1949 when Sheldon set up his pseudoscientific pricing...
Does anyone who is not a dealer actually believe we "need" 11 Mint State grades?
Definitely, the BEST approach is to learn to grade and buy the coin, not the holder. There is no substitute for your own knowledge. The standards...
Luster looks very wrong. If real, I'll bet it's whizzed.
I have seen coins develop album toning on one side but not the other. Rarely have I seen album toning that is completely symmertric on both sides....
Alas, I hadn't photographed the coins. May do that when I get them back, but their toning is not the same. Mostly it's peripheral and some are...
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