yes it must be a fingerpint... not sure what else could leave that pattern. Its solidly apart of the coin too!
Thanks for the thoughts and opinions. I must agree with you... EF seems about right but i want sure if i was missing anything. Is the marking...
Hi All, These pictures are taken under 10x and 3x magnification. It was listed as EF but I am curious to see the wider opinion on that grade....
Nice coin! I have owned two in my time. One countermarked with King George III head over Charles III of spain, and the other with some chop marks...
Hi Ksparrow, I can see your points - I was slightly worried it could be a forgery due to the odd tones seen on it but bought it anyway... XF 45...
I am no American but I would support this in full. Thanks 7Triones!
Hi All, Just picked up the attached image for about £130. Only picked it up as I do not see them often! I understand it to be the most common...
This is exactly what caught my eye! thank you!
Wow - thanks for the info. Ill keep it in a coinflip to prevent anymore damages. Thank you!
Hi All, Recently picked this Mexico 8 Reales 1884 Zs JS up as it was it looks to be in a nice grade. What can you tell me about Mexican 8...
That may well be true, but i have limited US coin experience and 0 experience with die doubling. What are your thoughts?
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Hi All, Sorry for the subpar pictures - has this got a doubled die on the 1943? This 1943 P 5 Cent has a sort of 'flick' on the 3 of 1943. A...
Thank you for explaining and sharing your expertise so freely. Truly what CoinTalk is all about!
Thanks for the reply - very interesting!
Nice! Thank you... I am going to keep picking your brains on this one... how could you tell this was an S-239? cheers.
Fascinating... Thank you for sharing your expertise. I was gutted to see quite how damaging the cleaning was but as you say, a nice coin! Can...
Hi All, I've come into some old American coins. Unfortunately, these have seen various cleans, environmental damages and dents over the years so...
Fascinating. yours is a beauty! must be worth a little something. Thanks for the information.
My thought is theyve been exposed to sunlight or something like that... i cant see it being impure silver...? Very interesting!
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