Both are cleaned and damaged, not a lot of value but still nice pieces of history. Produced during the civil war!
No error, somebody drilled a hole in it, pretty much kills the collector value.
I agree there is more to this story, we need to know exactly what Larry Briggs' response was.
That is better than an Ike dollar I won on Ebay, they just tossed it in in a regular envelope and mailed it. It ripped through and never made it...
Will be interesting to see the results, thanks!
I would say genuine, but it is not a 3-B, the ray position is not correct. It may have enough detail to ID the variety, I may have time to check...
It just means that it was minted at Philadelphia.
Very poor fake.
The coin is from the Philadelphia mint, they did not have a mintmark in 1968.
No errors, just a combination of environmental and circulation damage.
I did get several of their "Gem BU" Franklin halves. For the most part I got what I paid for, I did return one that I felt was not up to par and...
Probably only worth a couple dollars, still a 165 year old coin with a lot of history behind it.
Maris devised the attribution system for New Jersey coppers but I would definitely get "New Jersey State Coppers" by Siboni, Howes and Ish,...
Definitely let us know what NGC has to say!
It is just damaged.
Value is very minimal, maybe fifty cents or so.
Could be, can you post a picture?
Get used to it, all of the nickels you find that have been in the ground for any length of time will look like that!
Wow, that is way to blurry to tell. It looks like it may be off center or misaligned dies, but really need better pictures to say anything for sure.
All you have to do is check the courthouse, no permission, no detecting. The land belongs to somebody. It can be more than trespassing, if you...
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