It's legit. Just Brillo'd half to death. The olive branch stems often vanished due to die prep, I believe.
Absolutely hammered strike on that one, Rusty!
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I think sometimes "cleaned" is in the eyes of the beholder. I think we have all seen NGC straight grade coins with pretty obvious cleaning....
He used to have this one: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Received my copy a few days ago. It really is a great book! covers all the major varieties and really gets into the weeds with die pairs,...
I see it as a 10.
Since 1840 was mentioned... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Incredible set with documents. I'll never have the $50s but hope to own a $2.50 some day.
Beautiful Isabella, Dima. Mine was bought when I first started collecting, NGC graded it AU58, with my current knowledge I think they were...
So did I. Joe K. has been working on this for years. Glad to see his hard work come to fruition.
a copy, but not bad looking.
Here's one of mine, club rays: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Time to give this thread a bump. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I love that USA monogram!
A day late, but not quite a dollar short. This is one of the 1836 originals. [ATTACH]
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I'll guess 65, amazing coin!
That was a fascinating read, and a real exercise in problem solving! Thanks for taking the time to post it.
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