Well, it's an 1858, the first year of issue and rarest coin/key date in the series. Therefore, although the hole absolutely lessens the value,...
If air has condensed into a liquid, you have bigger problems than your coins toning.
I must disagree, on both counts. That hole would be impossible to fabricate without visibly moving metal around somewhere. The edges all around it...
Good golly, that's three times the money I've got in my entire imaging system including all the lenses.
Love the color, and agreed on the grade.
Like Bitcoin. :P
Pretty interesting/promising, but no use going anywhere with it until the weight is known.
Compare the inside rim of the original coin with that of your Proof example, especially on the right side of both faces. All you need to see is...
These are scarce. Keep in mind, next grade up adds a fourth digit to the price, when contemplating what you paid. :)
No need for a slab. Those who will pay a premium for the coin aren't worried about whether or not it's in a slab. The defining feature is kinda...
I have to recuse myself as I found the coin in research. It would be a happy part of my collection, I'll tell you that. :)
I think it's been fifteen years since a coin entered my household and wasn't imaged within 10 minutes of arrival. As in, since the birth of my...
Or, you could have someone XRF them. It's becoming common enough that better coin dealers employ the technology now. I will never again believe...
I have 20,000 images totaling 50 Gigabytes just on my local harddrive. Want to see them? :P My actual collection is small - maybe 150 pieces -...
I bet you could snap that planchet in two with your bare hands. Wonder it lasted this long. :)
Oooh. This is...large. And the "new" reverse is so distinctive that anyone discovering an example already in their collection will have to eat...
I get most of my information about things I don't know at places like this forum, where the people who do know hang out.
Yes, they do, don't they? :oops: Silver ones weigh 6.3, though, which is what I looked at in my haste to get an answer posted. :P
A Susan B will weigh 8.1g, and a Quarter will weigh 6.3g. The weight difference will be obvious. And as Cascade mentions, a Quarter planchet is so...
It circulated since the cut. That process mashed some of the raised metal back down, lowering the relief and partially covering the gouge created...
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