Down here in GA, in my experience, nobody ever seems to even blink at them here either. Especially in the last 22 years, since the Statehood...
I don't see why that wouldn't be a 66.
The color and surfaces. A cent in that grade level should be a darker brown, usually. This one is too unnaturally orange, and the surfaces are...
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Harshly cleaned.
*ahem* ;) Hmm... actually, I just noticed that @Jimbo0424's second entry post (#69) is timestamped two minutes before his first one (#68)....
Luchtaine, one of the French members on CollecOnline, commented that he thinks the counterstamp could be Arabic, and said: I hadn’t considered...
Dang, now I want one of those!
If so, that garage warrants further attention! The 1902 V-nickel was already enough to say that, regardless of its condition.
I’ll enter here- just once- and if the random number generator lands on 29 (this should be Post #29), then I direct my prize to @Bradley Trotter.
Uh-oh, get ready to be swarmed by all the YN (young numismatist) members, now! LOL ;) (j/k- good for you- and Matt.) What you could do from now...
FLVCTVAT NEC MERGITVR = "[She is] tossed [by the waves], but does not sink".
Nice work, 'Froggie. I was trying to squint that out, too, before Numista gave me the answer, thanks to your link.
Hey, now you're talkin'! Those are all going to be worth a bare minimum of their spot silver value, which as of this post is $4.55 apiece. The...
All credit to our donor, @Eric the Red. I'm only the game show host here. But hey, I enjoy that role. I'll even put on my special game show host...
Ancient coins and garbage disposals were never intended to meet. Best to keep ALL your coins away from that!
Yep. PMD.
Nooo! :nailbiting: LOL Wouldn’t work, anyway. Too thick. And they would crumble. Trust me- she had enough trouble out of my cull Indian...
I rather hope that some future preservationist will treat it like they do Roman mosaics, and after it’s spent a century or three in its present...
And that’s precisely the right attitude to have. It’s not always about what something is worth. This was a cool find, and yes, it’s worth more...
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