Spartan Mills Store, aluminum, C/A, 23mm, 1.45 grams (Cotton Mill in Spartanburg) From Tony Chibbaro: "...Spartanburg was founded in 1789 on a...
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It's ashamed that happened to your coin. It was probably a lot nicer than 62. :(
I believe so. And with re-toning on a coin that otherwise was rinsed properly, the re-toning may be erratic and crappy looking. Also, coins that...
Looks like dip residue to me. Also, dipped coins have a tendency to re-tone faster even when they are properly rinsed.
It was Charles Bushnell. He went by "Numismatist" when he wrote in to the New York Dispatch who had a coin column called Gleanings from Coins....
I see a background color similar to army green. I think I see part of the number two that Mr. Numismatist spoke of. It's two recesses to the right...
Wouldn't it be out of the collar when it was struck?
Center looks like the core of clad coin.
If it's a cud there should be an indent or lost letters opposite of it. Cuds are not "extra" metal. The metal is pulled from the opposite side of it.
I think I see part of a fingerprint between L & I but no actual 3rd eye. They're might be some Johnny Carson jokes coming up soon.
Dealers may be getting them from counting rooms where from the bags they jam the counting machines.
80% O/C I took a screen shot of your image. The coin still looks pretty round so measuring from North to South I got 35mm. Measuring from West...
Let them chew carpet. Darwin is not in the habit of kissing "boo-boos."
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Send them to NGC or PCGS. If they come back fake I doubt your dealer will question it. It will gnaw at you forever. You'll never be happy with...
I can't stand looking at that dime. Looks like a spark erosion to me.
I think after the first Bull Run everyone (especially Little Mac) could figure out what Sherman knew from the very beginning-- it was not going to...
I read that article. The obverse "Candied-Date" was very clever.
Raw Trade Dollar, that's a tough one. I see a number of pimples on the gown--that's not good, unless they're rust pits. And something between the...
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