Of course I also picked up a dealer "set" from the LCS - I think every coin collecting kid did. [ATTACH]
Silver halves were still circulating when I worked in an ice cream parlor in the early 70s. I pulled them all out of course. I'll be the relative...
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1175844/1879-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-68-CAC Price hasn't changed.
They made 5 billion of them. XF, AU, details, what's the point? It's pocket change.
I grade it "spend"
Here's my PCGS AU55, paid $188 in December 2021, for your grade / worth submitting? evaluation. I was looking for Type 1 reverse though and...
AU53-55, Type 2 reverse.
Gosh there's 62 1879-S on GC right now, including many nice 67 and 67+ for less than a tenth the price. But that's not the point, is it.
This is where it's not really rational coin collecting anymore, it's all about whose you-know-what is bigger. Get two of the "powerball" guys...
hahaha but if I'm over, you win!
$72,870
The first step for me is reading your articles. :)
It looks whizzed and then toned to me, but I'm no expert.
I politely contacted the seller and reported the item. Perhaps others did as well.
I don't doubt that many of them have silver content. I've seen the $80 "silver" versions of the $2 counterfeits advertised and I wouldn't trust...
I'm not sure why anyone looking at someone who sells fake coins for a living would believe it when they say its real silver.
From the seller's other listings I'd say they know nothing about coins.
"The exact cause of this phenomenon remains uncertain, but it has been suggested that these are stress fractures in the die." Seems reasonable.
AU58 (ANACS) Obverse I / Reverse II [ATTACH] AU58 (NGC) Obverse II / Reverse III [ATTACH]
I forgot I had this AU53. It's way nicer than these GC images. Actually a "discovery coin" - has the reverse of 1892-1899. Loving all the AU coins...
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