You did well. Yours is the large date variety. I agree with SensibleSal--leave it be and enjoy your coin!
Whoever wrote that Latin phrase on the back didn't use very good syntax. It should be "Aurum semper bonum erit", which translates to "Gold will...
It could have been a memento of some kind meant for people who were stationed there. Perhaps a reunion of some sort.
A strike through grease will look weak, hazy, almost ghost-like in appearance and it may obliterate some of the design completely or almost completely
I'm probably going to the monthly Cleveland Coin Expo this Saturday...we'll see what, if anything, I come up with...
When I was a kid I got an IHC as change from the ice cream man. I had never seen one before and I had to ask my dad what it was. We're talking...
In many ways I'm like Gus from My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Use Windex...LOL
That is also one way how I know that certain stamps of a certain (foreign) issue in my collection are counterfeit. But I know how to tell by...
$100. High denomination notes didn't really circulate. They were primarily used to transfer money between banks. That's another reason why I...
In all seriousness, the OP looks like there's a 7 as the last digit of the date if you look close enough. It's lurking there.
If it is indeed a weak strike, wouldn't how the coin looks depend on what caused the weak strike? Would the gap between the dies being off look...
My eyes aren't what they used to be...
I know. But if people going to post photos, they have to make sure that people can actually see them clearly. That was my point.
Photos are out of focus and too small to tell much of anything. We would need to see a clear, more magnified closeup.
Now that I think about it, you're right. A greaser would only affect one side. I don't know what I was thinking.
He's wearing a Covid mask.
2B or not 2B...that is the question.....Sorry, but I couldn't resist that.
Does the 1874 Bickford Eagle pattern count? [ATTACH]
We'll see when you post the reverse!!
I wasn't a member of this forum 3 years ago...LOL
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