Without having the coin in hand it's impossible to tell , best advice is take it to a dealer you trust and have them look at it , or have it...
Market grading ? Rusty
Quite a few bust halves come with weak strikes , this one looks better than average . rzage
I'd buy that coin at AU-58 money all day long , even if it gets a 58 it'll most likely sell for 62 money . Rusty
Nice MS-66 RB , love the color . Rusty
Nice cent , EF-40 , doesn't look cleaned to me . Rusty
Beautiful strike , love the color , MS-66+ Rusty
Almost missed this thread . MS-66 Rusty
Your'e right on that . Most likely brass with no gold . There's more fantasy pieces than real probanbly a 1000 to 1 or more .
Good point , but Ebay should realise that in order to collect something one must obtain it which means buying and selling . rzage
Sorry couldn't find it . But the link fretboard gave in post #6 is pretty good . Rusty
It's not from the California goldfields , they all have the denomination on them . Yours doesn't so its a fantasy piece . Though still collectable...
Bruce I thought the design was incused on the ops coin , I think a combination of needing new glasses and a little optical illusion . LOL Rusty
That mark on the eagles breast was not caused by a hit in the bag by another coin , it's more of a deep slash , and should be BB . Do you think...
How does the reeding look ? rzage
Danbury mint must have some kind of archives , I'd check them . Still it's a crude medal . Maybe someone was trying to copy the medal to learn how...
Too bad it was harshly cleaned , still a nice coin though . rzage
My eyes are getting bad , I thought it was incused .
Is the image incused ? rzage
Not an error collector , but it looks like someone annealed a blank and transferred a coins image , like counterfeiters make dies . JMO rzage
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