I would agree with S-93 Note the heavy crack through the tops of ERICA and a fainter one visible n the field below the RI. Compare to this late...
Love to have it, might go $100, but not $1000!
In today's era of vending machines that may be true, but go back and look at 19th century issues and you will find that the reeding remains until...
You will notice in the OP the Collector said he LIKED those things, (So do I) but he never said he COLLECTED them. I like a lot of those type of...
The planchets have to be washed and burnished after annealing, and they spend time sitting in bins and hoppers waiting to be fed into the press so...
It also depends on what date and mint you are talking about. For example the very rare 1871 - 74 CC dimes have 89 reeds which is different than...
If it was struck through a fragment from the reverse of another coin the fragment would be pressed in flush with the surface of the coin not left...
I believe it will but it may take longer and you may have to hit the slab against the pad harder.
Both coins are the results of a "squeeze job". Neither is an error. Phankins is wrong neither is a clashed die error.
The coin in that thread is nothing like the coin in this thread.
We don't have one. Yes there is a link for reporting fakes but it was an ebay link not CT, and it is no longer active. The report still goes...
The coin was obv down when the person put it in the holder. Most likely being more familiar with US coins he placed it in the holder with top...
Post Strike Damage. note the beads have been pushed to one side in that area. That means the coin was struck normally before the damage occurred...
Partial collar strike. The collar was not fully in place and when the coin was struck the obv (hammer die side) was above the top edge of the...
That is something that confuses a lot of people. They don't seem to realize that although all of the colones used "shillings' in their money of...
So are you saying that this coin is a fake because other coins they have sold are fakes, or is there something on this cent that identifies it a...
Call them, they aren't real good at responding to email.
If it is a fake then yes they are getting good.
The state coppers were basically made to resemble the British half pence in size and weight. And the half pence was roughly the value of the US...
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