What is it - Quarter Eagle or Half Eagle? 1802/1. Nice overdate. And very nice coin.
Welcome to CoinTalk and please don't clean your coins.
I see. Learn something every day.
Better yet, "Technically, we are not a grading service."
Thankfully his coins were not stolen from his ceiling during a burglary.
Verrrrrrry interesting! Verrrrrrry interesting indeed!!!! It was only a few months ago that we had drama and deception coming out of Kansas City.
Nope. Sorry. Keep looking.
To paraphrase the sign often seen in in china shops ("You break it, you bought it."): You crack it out, you own it.
My guess is he stacked two coins in the holder. He probably used a genuine 1916 Dime for the obverse and a common-date D-mint Dime for the reverse.
The article quoted the British official who inspected and researched the coin: I don't know how many coin collectors there were in Britannia in...
rockdude, Think about how a die is made. The highest portions on a coin (e.g., Lincoln on the obverse of a Cent) correspond to the lowest...
Woah! I reread all the responses to your question and I failed to find even one that implied in any way that you were trying to pass off a fake....
It's actually the oldest Roman coin found in the UK. Still pretty cool.
It most certainly is not a US Mint product. I don't know why anyone would want to own one but each to his own.
Slabs are sonically sealed.
Welcome to CoinTalk, Andy. Your gold bullion coin (American Gold Eagle) is .9167 gold (22 karat). It does have a bit of silver in it as well as...
Yeah, I caught that too. He went on to say (paraphrasing), "If you want to know anything about the Mints just ask me." I'm sure if you pointed out...
Hmmmm. Not sure if I like the show or not. I watch it a few more times and decide. When the owner Rick laughs it sounds like 60 grit sandpaper...
Maybe you haven't been looking in the right places. RPMs are frequently sold on Heritage, Teletrade and eBay.
Say no more. I hereby proclaim this coin to be fake. :hammer:
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