Don't bother. The premiums will kill you. Save your cash and buy bigger. You'll never make anything on grains. Besides, you can easily lose...
It's a toy, a replica, made in the 1960's. You're obsessing over it and wasting a lot of time and energy trying to convince everyone otherwise....
Great contest and thanks for the bribe, Kasia (I've never had a brand new car before!)!:D
Can you show us anything where "HONG KONG" was counterstruck on a coin made pre-1950.
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So, this actually has silver plating? Or is it just silver-like?
Yes.
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It's doubled die.:)
I've found the same black stuff in the bags of cents I bought. Most look like pieces of black crayon.
I've actually gone through all my "doubled die" coins that I found in my first year of collecting and discovered they are all machine doubling. I...
In most instances, the secondary doubling from a doubled die will look just like the primary devices. It is the same height. Machine doubling is...
Most of the scrappers I called said no. But a couple said they would buy them. However, they offered $100 for $200 face value of copper coins.
If you buy from these guys, you are helping to them perpetuate the plague that is infecting coin collecting.
First I open all the rolls and dump them out onto a table. I turn all the coins face up. I pull out all the 1955 and 1972 doubled dies. Then, I...
$387.00
I have quite a few of these from the last few years. It was determined to be a struck through error (grease). No added premium because they are...
Obviously, you are fishing to get verification of authenticity which no one will give you. The only way is to submit it. The ANA has a...
There you have it. Congratulations! The best thing now is to send it in and get it slabbed and certified. That should run you about $65 or so....
C'est la vie.:)
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