The only other thing I'll mention is that there should be a lot of heavy die polish lines around the mintmark. The second set of photos leads me...
Nice closeups!
I don't know about the MM, either. If genuine, Au something.
Late to the party, but I think VF also, and in the 300-400 range if nice surfaces. Like that overdate!
Looks like a nice VF example, great!
Cast copy
adjectives for luster: creamy. coruscating.
1933 birth certificate? Dr Hatch was almost certainly a GP.
My theory.. the coin became coated with something, maybe melted asphalt in a fire, maybe paint, and then buried. The coating cracked, and acidic...
genuine, late die state, scratched, ?cleaned.
A homely example.
Lovely half, Mike!
That's a pretty 02-S!
pimply, mushy, malformed dentils, pits. Chinese fake IMO here is a real one to compare [IMG] [IMG]
I agree.
Thanks, Rusty and Seattlite86!
OGH + Gold CAC = people hitting the bid button like rats in a Skinner box, hoping for that reward.
That looks like a Chinese fake to me, the reverse shows what I call "Beijing Mint Frost." The obverse hair details look very crude, like from a...
MIght go AU. Do you feel lucky?
Nice choppy trade dollars! [IMG] [IMG]
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