It’s actually an ancient artifact from the Xi dynasty, hand made in China during the 21st century C.E.
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725
190. I really like the toning.
I’m out of old holders to post... The floor is open.
$200. That’s a sweet Buffalo!
$16. The coin doesn’t look bad and at least they didn’t grade it MS70.
BTW the photo shows some parallel scratches on the obverse that turned out to be on the holder. The coin looks nicer after I gave the slab some TLC.
@Beefer518 wins, but judging by all of your guesses I feel like I also won big :-). I picked it up in an EBay auction for $331. It ended at 11 pm...
Here are seller’s photos of a recent pickup, not a fattie but still an older generation NGC holder. As you can see the reverse is weakly struck,...
XF Details rim damage?
$220. Seems a bit undergraded.
$440. The coin looks fantastic, but why was it never cracked out?
Bidiots for sure... However, it is unethical on the part of the seller to advertise it as a genuine coin with no mention of it being a replica....
There’s nothing nicer than a moderately circulated 19th century type coin that hasn’t been messed with. It looks great just the way it is. I...
$68
$145. I like it!
Yes, definitely all over the board, but @heavycam.monstervam nailed it this time with the lowest guess. I bought it at a local show. It’s a type...
So in the eyes of a grader 20 years ago the toning would have made it a borderline problem coin, hence the 60. Whereas now that same toning is...
By “blast white bias” do you mean that ANACS downgraded for dark toning at that time?
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