Off to the golf course!
Weigh it if it is 3.1 grams it is copper alloy if 2.5 grams it is copper plated zinc.
Red book calls it Copper Alloy, coin World calls it Brass Alloy...
Arrggh, Las Vegas ! :jimlad: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I searched the thread for Hawaiian dollar but this one has not shown up (if I searched correctly) so here it is... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Just look at Lady Liberty on the OP's coin! Now try to imagine that that design would ever make it onto a US government minted coin. OMG :wacky:
How about you just know it when you see it? You can have a single scratch but how often do you see a single hairline?
Paul Revere, Master Silversmith. I don't think these actually were delivered through the mail as an individual "letter". [ATTACH]
Yes and they have to be MS65 or better to be worth more than 30 cents each.
Get a dealer to appraise/make an offer for your collection and then pay her 1/2 that amount and keep the coins. Just like a house tell her lawyer...
Excellent point!
This one spent a little too much time in the OGP I think. The seller had cut the coin carefully to keep in in its sealed cell, but then stapled it...
Was kind of a let down when photographed? Here is mine. I don't know if it is just the higher magnification or just (edit) the photographic...
Looks like a chocolate coin with the foil removed! Mmm chocolate!:)
Yep just keep them like you have them in the airtites! No need to do anything other than store them in a Tupperware type container and if you live...
Thank you sir! That could account for the pitting on the cheek as well? Interesting study piece.:bookworm:
Yea I just have a phone camera. So weird this first pic looks like raised metal but the second from a different angle and in hand doesnt look like...
I will try to get a better picture but the dark spot about where his ear would be looks a little like a strike through...
Or is this a die break? Looks like Jeff is wearing glasses...:pompous: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hmm the link was working last night and he has a some very nice coins. Not sure what happened but his post was from December. Worked for me right...
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