Neat piece! The obverse surface has a finely reticulated look that makes me wonder if it was lacquered for protection. I don't see it on the reverse.
The 1 over 1 is really apparent and dramatic! I think the planchet flaws are interesting and give it a lot of character. definitely a keeper.
Very nice with great luster! I chuckle every time I see a RI commemorative, since someone pointed out that it looks like the Pilgrim is giving...
No idea on the variety, grade- ?xf40
That's a great advertising token, I've never seen one like it. Pretty cool to have the dogs' names on it!
Nice color, and a lot of detail, even if 'low grade.' I like it!
Lovely!
Very neat post!
Here is a link to the Liberty Seated Collector's Society forum: I just signed up and posted a thread about this coin....
Nice looking coin, it looks hairlined from an old cleaning, and the right obv. field may have been smoothed a bit. Just my impressions from the...
That looks about AU to me. Can't tell about cleaning from the photos. Still looks really nice.
I personally do not find Ike's to be attractive. That being said, I won't disparage someone else's collecting interests, as a lot of people don't...
very nice looking example of the always scarce classic head. I'm no copperologist, but I think VF also.
Hi Rusty, thanks for the comments. All I have are Bowers' book on Silver Dollars, and Vol.1 of his encyclopedia of Silver Dollars and Trade...
That is a very attractive coin! Strong doubling! I like it!
I agree that this coin shows too many parallel hairlines in the fields to be due to anything BUT deliberate human activity. My photos show it in a...
Great news, and the ultimate happy ending will be conviction of the crooks!
I was thinking VF too, and very attractive with few marks.
A while back, he had an 1877 IHC listed that Rick Snow outed as a very high class fake. He immediately took it down when Rick contacted him. I've...
Being a trade dollar collector, I'm biased. The photos don't give me a lot of information, but from what I see I think it is probably authentic.A...
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