Good thing I am leveraged to the hilt in Beanie Babies.
Damaged, created to look that way.
[ATTACH] As for the original coin. I don't believe nickels tone that way naturally. But, anything is possible.
I like your coin. But it looks as if someone cleaned it. That's not a natural color for an uncleaned cent. But it is a color of a cleaned cent. I...
Yes people make these by putting 2 coins in a vise. I don't think it's a genuine mint error.
While it's not a proof, generally the San Francisco coins always have a lower mintage. So it's worth saving just for fun anyway.
I have an Official 1987 Blackbook Price Guide of United States Paper Money. I will send it free at my expense to anyone who wants it. The first...
Details, schmutz.
Where is the dime overstruck?
A skeptic would say it is highly unlikely to get that perfect rainbow toning naturally. It is possible, but easier to attain that pattern and...
While not chop marks, it looks as if someone stamped that coin intentionally, to put their mark on it. For what reason IDK. To verify that it is...
Almost every coin has been cleaned at one time or another (old coins). I guess it depends how harshly or lightly or carefully this was done. How...
I'm not a Morgan expert, but what jumped out at me from the original photos was the CC. That looked really bad in the 2nd photo. Informative and...
The steelie is PMD, detracting from it's value. The other coin while interesting, I think it is also PMD but I don't know.
There are no US 1898 Large cents. Canada had largies till 1901 I believe.
Appears to have a slight offset transfer on the obverse across the top ( the reverse of The United States of America). I think it's a spender.
OK I didn't think it was necessary to clarify but here goes. Web notes do not have a plate number in the usual place where the other notes have...
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The OP states that the plate number is 4. Web notes have no plate number in that location.
Have you weighed it? I believe the fakes are not the correct weight, or silver content.
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