I'll add that sometimes it is harder to find a really nice coin in a lower circulated grade than in, say, XF or UNC. No motto seated dollars come...
I find that environmental effects, whether chemical or mechanical, can have interesting results when the coin is imaged and enlarged, such that...
The overstrikes just don't interest me very much. I do like some of the issues with his own designs, such as the HTT's, and own a couple.
Thanks Lord M., and you can double that because it's a dollar! (My half, alas, had an old cleaning and won't qualify for this thread)
I'll guess 45
I'll guess 58, but it could just as easily be a 63 from the photos. Looks nice.
here's a link to pcgs coinfacts, hope that helps. http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Hierarchy.aspx?c=120&title=Capped+Bust+Half+Dollar
I really like the look, too. My personal favorite: [IMG] [IMG]
Wow, amazing that one didn't end up in a melting pot somewhere. So much wear the shield on the rev. looks like a big toothy grin. Great coin.
Bowers' book "Silver Dollars and Trade Dollars of the United States, Vol1"is an excellent reference. Not too hard to find used. Vol 2 is...
That's a very cool group of tokens! Nice grades too.
I have quite a few trade dollars, all business strikes. Crypto79 is an expert and has a set with all the main varieties. Mine are on...
To me, looks AU-something (based on apparent luster) with a weak strike.
Before I saw the slab images, I thought AU cleaned. I just don't see any field luster. The only exception I might think possible would be heavily...
EF details, scrubbed. the closeups of the date and mintmark areas show crisply struck squared off letters and numbers, and the dentils are...
I think it's real. Why do you think it's fake? Is the weight off?
Eduard, thanks for attributing my JR-1, and showing the difference with the JR-3.
Technically a draw, in that neither vessel crippled or sank the other. I think most historians view it as a Union victory, as the Monitor kept...
Here's a cool medal of the ironclads duking it out. [IMG] [IMG]
I too have Broadstruck to thank; a few years ago we met up at the Baltimore show, I told him I was interested in Monitor tokens and in short...
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