A fool and his money....
That's sort of why I like them. My enjoyment is seeing if I can identify them.
Mine is very similar to yours. And, as you can see, he is a very happy member of my collecting team. [ATTACH]
That's where I go.
Here is my 1904-O. I always considered it AU-58 but you may have changed my mind with this post. [ATTACH]
Thanks CN. It is a very nice piece.
I am not a professional grader, but the OP coin seems to have wear around the ear and the eagle breast. To me that says it is not MS. Or, is it a...
Notice how the lamination follows the woodgrain? Most laminations seem to. Nice find.
That is worth a dollar? Well, I might have to think about moving my mint rolls and other accumulations from the 50's.
There are many factors to consider. A very important one is the metallurgy of the base metal. Some of the materials were very porous did not hold...
The first thing I do is try to get a rough id of the coin. Then I find a photo and the attributes in one of the resources. Most times I use...
It looks like it goes rim-rim. Die crack.
Great questions, even if I am only asking them of myself. Smoothed - I try not to get as far as the patina and only smooth the residual crud from...
@dougsmit Thanks for the feedback. I think I am finished with this Hadrian. We got a lot of talk out of it. I enjoyed the talk and the coin. [ATTACH]
Here is one of mine: [ATTACH]
Nice find.
@sand Thanks for the comments. These are good comments and good questions. I've been collecting since 1948 and there isn't much left for me to...
Thanks for the help. I like these also because I have fun cleaning and identifying them. Inexpensive and very difficult to end up with something...
I don't think I am doing any "tooling". I am not removing any base metal. I am removing 2000 years of built-up dirt. It needs to be removed in...
Thanks, I appreciate all the help. When I get it zeroed in I will put my findings up.
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