Dime sized, Edward VII effigy on obverse with no legend. Reverse reads "ONE / CENT / 1902". ~17mm diameter (dime sized) and either heavily...
Well, I certainly wasn't planning on crossing it over or anything. I think the grade is accurate. And I was able to buy it at an AU55 price point....
It's common to find faked slabs that use correct codes. A forger just has to search auctions or listings to find a coin that will match what...
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Anyone else? Revealing soon...
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Picked this out of a dealer's bulk Morgans yesterday. I liked the reverse die break (Star to ONe). But, something is strange about the coin. No...
Would it be fair to call this a poor man's double die? Or just a standard 1955 strike? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Getting my son (his grandson) involved was fun. He loved sorting the pennies out from the silver. [I'll work on his priorities later] [ATTACH]
Is there an easy way to distinguish between the two types of 1864 cent? Going through my late father-in-law's unsorted grab bag, I think I've...
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The clipped die may represent an attempt to adjust the weight of the planchet at the time of minting. If it's slightly too thick, that could...
No dice at $250. Lowest they were willing to go was $600 & I thanked them for their time before walking away.
No guarantee that they were sold from anywhere near their 19th century use, but they shipped from a Wakefield postal code in the UK. Seller had...
2 other coins in the group were also countermarked; possibly from the same merchant. "E . Hind" & "EH". [ATTACH]
Is there a database of English merchant countermarks from the early 19th century? I recently picked up this rough example with a beautifully clear...
I thought I saw hits on the cheeks & went with a low ms63 PL. But, the comments I've read since suggest I may have gone a bit below the mark.
It's a term like "pin head," 'innit? A faint regard for their brilliance.
The range has been well discussed by others, but with the caveat that grading a coin by pictures alone is fraught above ms61, I think this...
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