You may find this comment a bit weird, but the planchet flaws look original. These would be almost impossible to reproduce as a counterfeit.
Plain and simple, you got swindled. Go to any BIG coin shows? PCGS guarantee would probably cover this coin.
I don't write dyslexic, but I sometimes read dyslexic and at first I thought I read 1976 AU Type Set and I was thinking, why on earth would anyone...
All metals want to return to their original state, even noble metals such as titanium want to break down into sulfides. This corrosion process can...
A 1969-S Lincoln cent with true doubled dies is valued, oh around $100,000
Maybe so CheetahCats, we know the wing feathers of the small eagle on the reverse of the Franklin half clashed and marked the obverse die right...
If that is ALL that is doubled, then yes maybe, but not necessarily. I know that may sound like a contradiction, but with the limited information...
http://www.conecaonline.org/content/rooseveltdoubleddies19471962.html#_1955-S Scroll down to 55-S
Interesting, wondering why only 3 points of the central design are sifted east west. I don't think the OP got much of a response in the error...
hmmmmmm....not that I can say with certainty, there is a 55-S Roosevelt that is a doubled die variety with doubling in the motto IGWT and also...
There is only Type I and Type II struck in 1917. The Type I has 13 stars arranged in rows of 6 & 7 on the reverse and Ms. Liberty sports a "bare...
It may not be indicative of all the sellers inventory, but a perusal revealed quite a few that appear to have been enhanced and then set out by...
[IMG] Unfortunately, both the Hager Brothers have passed away.
A bunch of us detected a guys wedding band in a church grave yard, he was a pall bearer at a funeral and lost his ring. He hoped it did not fall...
I thought they looked similar, the refracted light made it look like two different coins, not two different angles on the same coin. The blemish I...
The 1961 were notorious for weak strikes which resulted in loss of hair detail on the obverse and bell line and eagle feather detail on the...
In the last few seconds, I would suspect a bunch of sniping tools will activate. To quote the Antiques Roadshow, "Stuff like this does not come up...
[IMG] While it's true that the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff doesn't cotton to Yankee domesday machines, just don't find yourself on the wrong side...
It appears his lance went limp or he bent it in battle.
I can't be certain 100%, but if my memory serves me correctly, this is a fantasy brothel token, not the same as a original period token.
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