Just as an FYI- I know you've only been a member here for a short time so you're probably not aware of this, but once something has been posted...
I'm wondering if perhaps the coin in question was returned in a body bag before the TPGs started slabbing problem coins in 2007. Back then, all...
I get your point, but many foreign coins were legal tender in the US until 1857.
Yes, it is possible. But as I said earlier, the TPGs have slabbed literally millions of coins that had verdigris on them before they were ever...
That's probably the most commonly held theory. And it's not just ASEs, the problem occurs on coins from mints worldwide. And they don't all use...
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