[ATTACH] so I enlarged and tried to sharpen a bit the area Bob Evancho is questioning, If those are indeed raised bumps then that confirms that...
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tough coin to find in anything approaching original condition. [IMG][IMG]
[IMG] This looks like genuine edge reeding to me.
the 1873 P has a rev. die with broken serifs on the E of STATES and F of OF from hub damage. At least 1 obv die and 2 rev dies were used.(old...
I think it's a really nice looking coin from a significant year in history. The album ring toning is very attractive. No doubt dipped and...
I like the ones that show the attempts of the mint to re use dies, or to squeeze every last coin out of a die before it fell apart. Reminds me of...
and another genuine one, although not a stellar example: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The weak dentils on the rev. bother me some, but this is not uncommon due to misaligned dies. The coin has the correct type 1 obv and rev. The...
Thanks for the update, great closeups with annotation!
stan? gated? who's stan?
Great thread and really neat campaign pieces. I had never known much about Polk; thanks for the history lesson. I'll post a coin from 1844:...
very nice for a "details" coin; the damage is not all that obvious. I thought it looked F12.
I'd recommend Jason Poe's book; the Travers book; and the Red Book Guide Book to US type coins by Bowers, very succinct but still with loads of...
AU53?
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Nice golden highlights, ANACS 6 digit OWH [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Mintage 15,000, maybe 600 to 1000 survive. P-40 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
well ,those are small areas and sort of concealed, not in a focal area. On a well circulated coin they probably won't rule out a straight grade,...
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