Thanks. This one? It's a full groat. :)
I've got the VDB, but mine lacks a mintmark. ;) However, when acquired, this piece had an intact 111-year-old pedigree, going back to Leroy D....
"Coin marathon". I've been known to run a few of those. ;) Probably the only marathon I'd be qualified to run...
That's a handsome piece. If you got it for under the G4 price, I'd say you did well indeed. I'd guesstimate it around F12-F15 or so.
Anybody else- see the pics now? You should be able to. I logged out and looked, and saw them there now.
WOW, if that's the real deal! Amazing score, if so! It happens. I let out a shout and awoke my sleeping wife, the night I found this one in...
I don't see anything unusual here? What is it you're looking at?
Looks like there's a little doubling on the date numerals, too, though what kind of doubling it is, I'll leave to the more experienced to say. I...
Exactly. I wasn't sure of the exact terminology, but that illustration is perfect.
It's just a popout metal slug from something, and was never a coin blank. You can tell by the little dimple there at 7:00. A byproduct of the...
Thank you. I forgot I composed the rough draft of this thread in a moderators-only forum and copied-and-pasted from there. The software is smart...
Scotland: silver penny of Alexander III, second coinage, ca. 1280-1286 [ATTACH] Obverse: ✚ ALEXANDER DEI GRA, crowned head of Alexander III right,...
Since this writeup garnered no replies when I posted it a bit over a year ago, and I was just here tweaking the pictures and writeup a bit, I...
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Thanks. I had the devil of a time photographing this one through the plastic, and went through several attempts. This final set of pics is still...
FWIW, I do not see any red flags as to authenticity here. They've all got some issues (mostly cleaning) that would preclude a straight grade if...
(Very belated reply) @TheRed - that's a really handsome groat, too- I like the portrait on it.
Oh, yikes.
1927 Peace dollar: while that's a somewhat better date, I don't think that one needs a slab or would be worth the extra time and expense. Maybe...
Wow! Not quite what I was expecting to see when I clicked in to this thread. Consider me pleasantly surprised! :)
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