Nice and crusty looking. I guessed AU-50. No opinion on variety as yet, as my Overton book is at home and I am not. :-)
$0, because I don't participate in "competitive collecting." But, if you're asking me how much I'd pay for that cent... well, NGC price guide...
Very true. See early 80's clad coinage, particularly the years without mint sets!
Well, no, but we're talking about why some MS69 coin is worth $2k and an MS67 is worth $10 or so. If neither one of them are low quality, then...
Antoninus Pius? I love that guy! Lots more cool A-P coins in that thread. :)
You can’t tell me an MS-67 anything is “low quality.” It’s not a 70, but most coins aren’t.
That seems to be what the coin market is telling you. Personally, I'll stick with the MS67.
Ah, duh. I just noticed, it doesn't say 'HALF DOLLAR' or 'UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'.
Being the wrong size would rule out it's being cast directly from a mold off a Columbian half. That doesn't mean the mold wasn't taken from a...
This thing is the same approximate size as a half dollar, right?
Does it have the Columbian half design on the reverse, too? My guess is it's a glass cast from a mold made from a Columbian half. Given that, it...
Since it's already been mentioned here, I wonder if Air-Tites and CAPS albums are suitable for ancient coins? I'm sure the materials are fine,...
This right here is what made me guess 64. I could get basically no read on the luster from this photo. It would be much easier if there were 2...
I have a hard time calling anything pre-1792 "federal coinage."
How about this one? [ATTACH]
@johnmilton That's a very nice Fugio. Guessing MS-63?
What US mint existed in 1787? The history of the "official" Fugio isn't much less checkered. See...
I agree in principle, but, for this coin, the toning obscures the frost (particularly on the lower reverse near ONE DOLLAR) to such an extent that...
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