A couple things give it away as a modern replica. The pits in the metal are from casting, the hole is neatly beveled and the plastic beads.
It was in a fire and some melted remnants of other coins have adhered to it. It has no value unless you can figure out some way to convince a...
It looks like it has potential to be a quarter struck on thinner stock, since it's light weight. Could be Dime stock or just a manufacturing...
Looks like a Conder Token from the 1790's. I no longer have my reference book so I can't offer much more. You should post this in the World Coin...
SEM/EDX only measure the surface composition. As with XRF, it will only penetrate a limited distance into the object, so the comments in Post #9...
Wow, what's the world coming to. @lordmarcovan made someone angry. Never thought I'd see that. I've always considered you one of the very...
Think it through a little. It can't be a clash from the obverse. I can't think of any other coin from that time period that has that size S, yet...
What your seeing is due to the damage. Sorry, but it's not an error.
Be careful. Very, very careful. Not trying to keep you from a good deal, but think this through a little bit. An XF 89-CC is worth about...
bhh is correct. Your coin suffered environmental damage. Being buried is one of the major causes of this discoloration. There are a couple...
Your coin has taken a lot of hits and dings. I don't see any raised S after the ONE on the reverse, only some marks that look like damage I do...
If it looks too good to be true then....... You know the rest. I'm normally cynical and with all the stuff coming from China, I would not bet...
I started, but managed to escape. I knew I was in trouble when I started spending $100+ on RIC volumes, Sear and other books to ID crappy AE4's...
If you read through the posts, the logical conclusion is that Thad's is the correct info. Lehman's info was called out as being questionable on...
At risk of being skewered mercilessly by others for generalizing, here are some cleaning comments. Acetone removes organics and other substances...
The best way to learn and understand numismatic is to observe and study as many coins as possible. If you look back through the posts, members...
As other have said, you made a mistake, but it was an inexpensive mistake. There are lots of high grade 1975-2013 around, so keep looking and...
Please understand that there have been a lot of New Member trolls on here recently, so that may explain some of the comments. Based on your pics,...
There are many different types of corrosion inhibitors. I don't think the mint or supplier is going to publish their process. Why tell others...
Wow, look at all the coins with missing clad layers:banghead:
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