This is roughly the quality you would expect for a $100 budget. Be wary of fakes and mislabeled drachms. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
You aren’t going to find one on VCoins for that price. I think he got it on eBay
https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/aegean_numismatics/1/product/macedonian_kingdom_alexander_iii_336323_bc_lifetime_tetradrachm/985785/Default.aspx...
Get a low-grade Alexander the Great tet. It is a common, honking chunk of Greek silver that will have a very interesting tie to the past. Lifetime...
The spade is a fake, and the bridge money is doubtful as well.
I posted this on Facebook as an example of why TPGs are not to be blindly trusted and how PCGS is not as infallible as most think they are. Manny...
Definitely a fake
You can get nicer raw examples for less money. I think the obverse has been wiped. The reverse looks original.
BIN on eBay.
I almost bid on that one, but I got this example instead for significantly less. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
https://www.usacoinbook.com/item/1857-braided-hair-half-cent-ms-63-86203/ Same seller is selling an obvious fake 1857 half cent.
I’d bet that it is a nice, original coin struck from worn-out dies.
You are thinking of “die transfer”, which does use a genuine coin. “Die struck” just means that it was struck from dies and not cast
The checkmarck-shaped depression on the face.
@GDJMSP @lordmarcovan @desertgem This thread needs a lockin’
I see the arc die crack to the left of the fraction. It is S-39
S-39
Looks like a 1794. I will try to attribute it when I get home The rims remind me of S-65
I want to avoid his overpriced listings like the plague, but there is no way to exclude sellers from a search
Ummm... it did happen all of the time for early capped bust halves. Check out 1813 O-109 and tell me how EVERY SINGLE LDS EXAMPLE has the same...
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