It looks good to me.
No, that label was only used very briefly at the end of 1989.
You should get back your winning bid plus shipping, and I would at least use delivery confirmation to protect myself from him claiming it never...
No, in fact I collect almost exclusively base metal coinage. I have little interest in silver and absolutely none in gold.
They can't be prosecuted for hacking the account, but receiving stolen goods is another matter.
The major reason West point was even making cents during that period was to bring up production because demand was outpacing the current...
Most of them. About the only metals magnetic at room temperature are iron, nickel, and possibly cobalt.
Agreed, if it was 1/3 cm too large it wouldn't fit in the 2X2.
IF it could be reasonably determined that t was a contemporary counterfeit of a 53 O no arrows half and not an alteration I would thnk it would...
After years in this hobby and seeing lot of run ups and drops in the PM market You will notice that collectors turn out to buy when metal prices...
It really depends on how major an error you are hoping to find. Grease fills and MAD coins are very common and you have a fairly good chance at...
The coins are also usually cleaned and I think you would be lucky to remove the coin with out damage.
Mintmark position is off slightly and the date is much too low to be the source for the OP coin.
ICG will slab them, as a counterfeit, for educational purposes.
Lettering font is completely wrong and LIBERTY on coronet is raised instead of incuse. A laughable fake.
Buyers fee. This is an auction house that is listing their stuff on ebay as well. They still charge the standard buyer fee for auction sales....
I doubt it was even plated. Looks more like it was polished. It would be difficult to plate without plating the edge as well. Possible but you...
Compared to the genuine the date appears to be too high almost into the base of Liberty. The date style is right and the O mintmark placement is...
I'd go with Doug's explanation, an internally flawed planchet.
No they are obviously from different dies.
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