Genuine and it is S-197, the Q variety. The 197 is NOT an overdate. The break below BE is present, the bulge on the neck is the result of the hit...
Yes I understand, I was just wondering. Can't offer one myself because I'm like you not a value guy (not a grade slave either) I collect for the...
Then why do you refer people to the site?
Looks like it is based on the Greek designs, but it isn't a Greek coin. Design is crude and the "inscriptions" are pretty much just alternating...
If it was struck on a smaller planchet there would be no raised rim. It has the appearance of having been a dryer coin, but to be forced that far...
Looks more like a die dent than a gouge. Possibly a die "clash" with the feed fingers there instead of a planchet. Dented the rev die through...
As general rule a significant error on a key or semi-key date is a white elephant*. You have to think about who your market for such a coin...
More frustrating is when you point out to them that it is NOT an error and just a damaged coin they just want to argue with you about it and how...
Yes it is a Close AM, and that is the normal reverse type for that year. You might have on average a certain PERCENTAGE of coins issued that are...
Take them back to the guy in Nashville, QUICK before he learns anything! No, the others are correct they are all fakes, worth a couple bucks for...
There is no evidence that he didn't like moneychangers. What he objected to was turning the temple itself into a marketplace rather than a place...
Well there are four R's on the coin but I don't see a cud or die break, or even die chip by any of them. I see damage to the rim by the R in...
Not really. If you assume roughly a half million or so coins from a die, you best chance would be from San Francisco. Roughly 382 or so dies...
If you mean are cuds common, no not really, but a lot more common than they are on modern coins. Steel quality and forging was more hit and mis...
Not really. They still punched the mintmark into each die by hand. But when you punch that letter in it displaces metal. Where does that metal...
If the bronze planchets were stuck in equipment and/or tote bins it would not be expected that all of them would go through the same press. In...
Yes visitors can use the library, but only ANA members can check out materials. Need to find someone else going to the library for another...
Just gold and silver. Copper wasn't a precious metal and the value of the metal was notably less than the face value of the coin (unlike that of...
I thought the first 1803 was probably 265 but I didn't bother to try and confirm it. The large 3 was fairly obvious though. If it actually has a...
If you mean a 43 bronze and 44 steel, not without some proof. And you do realize you are criticizing a comment made 3 and a half years ago?
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