Seller made a number of purchases from someone known to sell Chinese forgeries a while back- too far back to find out any info except item...
At least 3 of the sellers listed in the o.p. routinely have large multipage ads in CW. My experience with 1 of the 3 on multiple occasions is that...
With the second set of photos, I'm pretty sure it's au. I see dark metal and wear on the reverse high points. Maybe 50-53, depending on the luster.
Glad to hear you found some people to look at it directly- sounds like it's genuine. Congrats!
Too true, unfortunately.
Yes, that's the house with the cats. Went to key west last year and loved it! A great town to stroll around in.
Nice finds, I too like them with some wear and tarnish on them.
It has very clean fields. There appears to be a mark on George's neck. I think I see some rub on the high points, so I'll guess it's an AU, but...
Mantra when buying raw: "Assume nothing."
The stars stretch out because of die wear over time- the metal flows outward and elongates the star tips. Wear will also obliterate the denticles...
About 2 years, starting when I was assigned the duty of selling off my late father's collection. The bug bit!
Ngc, ms64?
Think about all the places in the Wild West where it got tossed around in poker games or paid for a sack of coffee. Neat coin.
The severe abrasions on the cheek turn me off. The 1934-s and 1928 Peace dollars have also been faked heavily, often by adding or subtracting a...
I think the clad Ike's are just plain ugly; the SBA dollar an abomination; for coins with one bad side (redeemed slightly by the obverse) the...
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