eBay sells more counterfeit coins than anyone, and fo nothing when you report it to them.
Uh huh.
Check the edge to see if the reeding is still strong.
I like the European rarity designations: R, RR and RRR.
I like Unique, but unfortunately it is used incorrectly most of the time. There can only be one for something to be Unique. There were two 1849...
Not even worth the cost of slabbing. Without a serial number they can't just reholder it.
Condition-wise, it's a nice chocolate brown AU. But the scratches would discount it heavily. And unless it is something ultra rare in any...
Go for it. It didn't look like there was anything rare or of high collectibility. That doesn't mean there aren't good deals, just nothing that you...
I just went and looked. No thanks. Poor pictures and no idea if they have shill bidders to drive up prices since it is a coin shop doing the...
What auction site is this? Do they just let people list their coins like eBay, or have items like Heritage or Great Collections? I have purchased...
Looks like staining. If it was missing the clad foil you wouldn't see the silver color showing through. Welcome to CoinTalk.
I think they call this chumming.
$75 is about $30 over melt, but still a good deal.
Get a firm plastic sleeve and carefully slip it in. Then leave it in.
SAME PRICE. Reeding is made at the time of striking, not after. The only difference is the type of collar used. All medals struck by the U.S....
That's why medals don't have reeded edges - medals were sold at a premium and purchased by wealthier individuals, and they had no reason to shave....
It has been cleaned. The bright shiny surfaces give it away.
You should go to www.vamworld.com to see if you can identify which VAM it is.
Nice that it is the Philly, and not the more common New Orleans issue. Now you're going to get hooked on Morgan's.
Looks like a bunch of halves that someone cleaned so that the surfaces would match, then put them in their album - hence the similar toning.
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