CAn't say with certainty whether it is authentic from those images, but nothing screams fake to me. This may be helpful:...
For the brave few willing to buy raw (not advised if new to the series) here is a thread on spotting fakes....
Here's a CW article with some additional information on trade dollar hub types:...
great coin and nice writeup, Ed!
My favorite coin is this 1795 dollar. I think of how hard it was to work at the first Mint with balky equipment, smoke and fumes, and the annual...
This one I think of as an "evolving CircCam" [IMG] [IMG]
Nice looking example. Love those O-mints. Someone might have removed some gunk from the right obv field but I'm not seeing hairlines.
I'll add that sometimes it is harder to find a really nice coin in a lower circulated grade than in, say, XF or UNC. No motto seated dollars come...
I find that environmental effects, whether chemical or mechanical, can have interesting results when the coin is imaged and enlarged, such that...
The overstrikes just don't interest me very much. I do like some of the issues with his own designs, such as the HTT's, and own a couple.
Thanks Lord M., and you can double that because it's a dollar! (My half, alas, had an old cleaning and won't qualify for this thread)
I'll guess 45
I'll guess 58, but it could just as easily be a 63 from the photos. Looks nice.
here's a link to pcgs coinfacts, hope that helps. http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Hierarchy.aspx?c=120&title=Capped+Bust+Half+Dollar
I really like the look, too. My personal favorite: [IMG] [IMG]
Wow, amazing that one didn't end up in a melting pot somewhere. So much wear the shield on the rev. looks like a big toothy grin. Great coin.
Bowers' book "Silver Dollars and Trade Dollars of the United States, Vol1"is an excellent reference. Not too hard to find used. Vol 2 is...
That's a very cool group of tokens! Nice grades too.
I have quite a few trade dollars, all business strikes. Crypto79 is an expert and has a set with all the main varieties. Mine are on...
To me, looks AU-something (based on apparent luster) with a weak strike.
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