Just normal die deterioration will make coins appear to be different. I still think that it looks like a blunt 5, but I'm nowhere near an expert...
Your lines drawn for the pointed/blunt are off. In the final photo of your coin, it looks to be a blunt 5.
The RCM is very good about issuing "coins" for 5X the silver price. They put out some of the oddest (and ugliest) NCLT that you can imagine. If...
A great Canadian coin show this Fri and Sat at the Toronto Reference library at Yonge & Bloor (close to subway stop). Neat show and good...
I've got the Dansco Australia, New Zealand & Guatemala, plus Whitman Philippines, Great Britain, Mexico, Panama & Australia. Brooklyn Coins and...
It looks like some notgeld value rates for certain times during the hyperinflation, where it took a wheelbarrow full of notgeld marks and...
If you look at the Charlton coin guide (published annually), the blow-up or thumbnail photos show the differences very well. Charlton also gives...
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Nice coin, but "accugrade" is anything but. When they were still active, you had to take at least 10 grading points off, and sometimes 20 points...
Dillan ... As far a total mintage goes, there were 10 million ordered and, of the 10 million, you had 1858's, 9/8's and '59's. My person feeling,...
Dillan ... Yes, there are very scarce 1859's that may take years to find. What "book" are you referring to?
"Some of the 1859 are worth a fair bit. There are 21 varieties of where ..." There are over 60 different dies that have repunched letters and...
Do you live in Canada or the US? Are you close to any major cities? I know more than a few people who might be interested, depending on where...
Yartiques: I think that you should start a new thread, specifically on the Canada 159 large cents so that it doesn't appear that we have hijacked...
Yartiques ... to kinda answer your question about your 2 1859's that look different. The 1859's are all bronze (or were supposed to be). We...
I've got over 5,000 large cents and conduct (or assist in) research on them, especially the Vickies. There were 8 different Obverses used just for...
What a coin is worth is strictly based on supply and demand. Even if only 50-100 of a coin are struck, if there are only 25 collectors, the coin...
In my book on cobs, the "M" assayers for Lima are listed as "M= 1694-1695" and 1709-1728 assayer for the rare louis I cobs of 1726 & 1726. Also a...
What's the diameter or dimensions? I have a book, but really can't tell much, but it's early.
The toning is from the packaging material .. a problem for a number of years with the Mint. Some of the display boxes with the "fuzz" have...
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