Good for you; you did the right thing. (And that was clever how you “read” the bad picture.) I too would have thrown a crumb to the guy who sold...
If it's strictly for bullion purposes, I like so called "junk" silver (especially Merc dimes and silver Washingtons). And World stuff, though...
Yes. At least 66, if not 67.
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Yes, welcome to CT, @Victor123. I hope you didn't spend big money on that.
The "O" mintmark in this case probably means, "Oh, it's from Beijing."
Hey, I've seen the Chinese make a Silver Eagle with a 1901 date, so why not?
Love it! I'm crazy 'bout a Monitor (to heavily paraphrase Country singer Alan Jackson, who was crazy 'bout Mercuries).
That's how I like my circulated silver to look, as you likely know.
The more I look at the coin in the OP, the more suspicious I become of it. Agreed. Hard pass on this one.
Aha. Here 'tis. Bought this raw. Note the original toning. It came back VF35 from PCGS. https://www.pcgs.com/cert/46510053 [IMG]
In any event, even if it's real, I do not find this one to be particularly eye-appealing. At best, it's been cleaned and has a dull look to it....
Agreed. I'm not qualified to speak on this one. Be very, very careful with raw Trade dollars, Indian $2.50 coins, I've heard, and of course key...
I guess those two must have come out of the same collection the shop brought in, and somebody wasn't paying attention...
Wow! Nicely done! I found this in a bulk bag of Wheat cents in 2006. There was a gob of dirt covering the mintmark. Even so, I was excited to...
I used to post five or six posts (whatever I thought I needed, being aware of the 10 images/post limit), and then go back and fill them in with...
OR, we could pick up where this one ended (in 1500 AD), and go by decade from there every three days! So... 1510s... 1520s...1530s... etc. Since...
I think it was a great idea. And I think it should be done again, over the entire span of World coinage, from 7th century BC to the present, with...
And you ain’t the only one…
Added another set of photos I found to the original post. Kinda dark, but they do show the contrasting patina well.
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