I wonder if some of them were planted. All archaeological finds are the property of the museum in Nova Scotia and must be turned over to them....
67 pictures look great.
I have my doubts about the age of the lead cross. 1200-1600 AD seems like a stretch. Were they even making crosses out of lead then? I guess they...
Is this control mark used to verify purity, or is it a counting measure like a tellers mark? Looks like a cat lying down. Face on the left.
There were 31 states at that time. Linky: http://www.ipl.org/div/stateknow/dates.html
I got a few rolls of quarters a while ago looking for a nice Fort Moultrie. Most of them had great luster and I thought it would be easy to find a...
Any way to get that black crud off without harming the surfaces of the coin? It looks like there's some nice detail left under all the schmutz.
P-01 sweet
Why do you want these zinc atrocities?
VG 10
If you can't read the date it doesn't get graded. That aside, I'm very close to P-01. The reverse is P-01 but the obverse is better, but only an...
I don't understand about oiling and storing steel cents.
Agree with XF grade. Rare to find a 39 above F in circulation.
I can see the 4, it's not reversed. It's just the scuff mark making it look that way. Nice silver coin.
The question is the 3rd digit. I assume this is 1885-S. In hand with a loupe it probably reads better. Scratches and date aside, it wouldn't make...
No. I think even AU is high.
It is a nice chocolate. However, the rim is a different color than the rest of the coin. Both sides. Is it the lighting bouncing off the rim?
Hit my Coin Star bucket list item. 1929 Mercury dime. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I agree that you can't excuse planchet marks. They are still imperfections in the coin. A good strike is part of the grade at any number. On the...
The last year of the series was 1912.
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