Whoa whoa whoa! Slow down there... he only posted one damaged penny. Machine probably won’t take it!
That's why I invest and buy a 100 dollar book every 2-3 years ;)
"New to the hobby" now means "more experienced than most others" Guess I'm an expert dealer with 30 years experience.
But, more on topic, looks great.
No waste!
I'd say MS64 but I'm no expert.
Sadly looks like a crimping mark. I see these all the time.
Ugh. No luck here in Maine yet. Takes a while for the coins to make their way to Boston, then up here.
créée is a bit of advanced French grammar. Past for created. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_de_la_Concorde Around this time period, the...
If it was a recreation of an old engraving, J. could be Jean-Baptiste. Except sometimes they use J.B. also....
Wow, I like that loupe idea, especially for smaller coin photos. Might have to invest in an iphone magnifier add on!
Wouldn't "creé" make it past?
I want! Nice find.
There are a couple nations mixed here. I clarified in my other reply.
Wait, 50 Øre with hole is Norway, 50 Öre without hole is Sweden, 25 Øre is Norway again, the larger 10 hole is Denmark, and the smaller one is...
No, these are Swedish. EDIT: There's a couple countries here. I explained in my reply below.
If I'm going off of my similar ones I have laying around, 10 dollars. Nothing special about these, all are non-precious material, no extreme...
Yeah, personally I wouldn't grade this. Toss it into your center console like I do, and when you go to the bank and use the money counter you can...
Of course. I don't think the angered members in the thread I'm thinking of have really posted on this site before. I don't think they had avatars....
That's the one I saw that really pointed me to Saxony-Albertine, the one I have is 3 pfennig. I found it in a book I have here at my house....
Separate names with a comma.