Believe it or not, my dad was born in 1910,and my mom in 1916 also. He died in 2006, and my mom in Feb of this year (age 103!). and we are both...
low to mid AU; can't tell from photos if cleaned or not.
64?
Way to go, Kanga. Beautiful collection and so many choice pieces. Love the early copper!
thanks, glad you like it. That's one of 4 raw Walkers I bought from a dealer friend of mine at the Richmond coin show about a year ago. All...
66 is my guess. obverse is nearly perfect with creamy luster. some marks on the eagle but the fields are clean.
I'm guessing 66, massive amounts of luster and I think the cheek marks are trivial.
The episodes of "Band of Brothers" that deal with the battle are excellent. I can almost feel the cold. The hardship those men endured is almost...
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Here's my genuine 1799 (old cleaning) for use as a comparison with the fakes in the first post. [IMG][IMG]
That gouge is pretty well broken up amid the feathers and leaves; I think you got a lot of nice detail probably at a big discount from a "problem...
a nice original draped bust dollar (1799 or later) in G to VG condition.
I think is name is still carved in stone over the entrance to the building... saw a photo once.
guess I was too picky about the friction on the high points. Looking in the pcgs grading guide, quote: "There is almost always "frost"...
Hard to decide, but will go with 63.
I'm going with 58, the luster loss on high points looks rubbed off to me rather than broken by coin on coin friction, so when I find out it...
I'll have to see if I have one (withimages). i'm Huguenot on my mother's side.
Au53?? Whoa....
I started at 55, but went back and changed to 58 as the high point rub looks so minimal. Lovely coin!
Those photos help. I'll stick with my guess of 64
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