That isn't the prettiest toning that I've ever seen, but it looks completely dead now. It's MUCH nicer than mine though.
Wait!? There's no Santa now? My old man has some explaining to do.
Please have a beer instead of wasting a day off, and I believe you...
I find that statement highly suspicious.
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Love it, PR-66
I don't think a hundred dollars (hopefully not pounds) is over the top, but maybe a little high.
The two coins that I showed have a long pedigree and are known within grading and auction circles, having them reclassified now would be a long...
AU-55.
I agree with the others that it is a manufactured "relic". The copper is old, but the punches are modern. There would be a considerable amount of...
Well I'm not sure how you are seeing that, but there maybe a remnent of the reverse die break through one. Sheldon has it on the low side of R-7...
I'm shocked! Jack lee was a friend of mine and held the absolute greatest collection of Morgans ever attempted, he would punch the guy in the...
Love them, AU-58 and AU-53.
Except for the quarter, they all look like proofs to me.
Though the 1916 is generally regarded as a proof striking, it is generally known that Breen was a bit liberal in his classification of proof...
The scratch is a problem, but I don't necessasarily disagree with the clean grade. It is a circulated coin that looks like it should for being...
20k over melt may buy it, but maybe not. That is a monster coin believe it or not. Though I'm sure that you already knew that.
I like the reverse, but the obverse could sure use an artists touch. Seems stale and made by a boardroom.
It doesn't look like a proof to me, but PCI was pretty descent back in the day and would suspect that they got it right with the coin in hand.
There are twenty five different Sheldon varieties for the 1797 cent ranging from R-2 to R-8 in rarity, but I don't see enough here to tell you...
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