yeah lots and lots of copies and fake coins and fake slabs on mercari not a place I would recommend anyone buy coins, but I have bought a few...
and in hand under the loop there is NO doubt 1813... admittedly the coin is p1/ag2 Major Jackpot for the $20 LC set :D [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
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1812 obv
1810 rev
1810 obv
conservation complete.... flash and no flash :D [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
nah not even close a buck or 2 on alcohol and 2 vc treatments so still cheap cheap under 20 :D
after multiple hours and 3 changes of alcohol she is now taking a last long (overnight) soak in VC... :D the pic's explain why nicely Not a bad...
hehe I've crossed the line in the past but not on an 1810 :D or any "classic head" year (08-14) they just too hard to come by in any condition...
date ON the coin is 1839 didn't they teach roman numerals when you were a kid? :D (yeah im a geek lol) I'd imply a certain "mod" here invented em...
tempted to soak it in green soap which will easily remove any wax and inks (or grease or oil) but not sure how the copper would react to it so...
didn't expect the reaction the VC had.. water was only very slightly blued.. but the vc bath (as you see i use an airtite for vc bath min waste...
alcohol was almost black... just rinsed and refilled, some copper color is starting to show through the black/blue...
probably my 1st and favorite "restrike" :D 1860ish (mint mark gives aproximate date) restrike "Castorland" medal :D [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
looks like an attempt at AT that went badly but the alcohol seems to be stripping it off bit by bit these are the original pics.. (link below) it...
ok and will open my mouth, what I saw was a 1797 reverse... the broken T in liberty made it a 1798 Sheldon 167 shattered die LC... The broken T...
Having to go through an additional set of baths.. noticed that the distilled water had a lil blue in it after boiling this cent... then let it sit...
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