It's actually a rather nicely done piece. I wouldn't mind owning it.
As soon as I looked at the reverse I saw the "drooping" berry left and above the O in ONE. 1798 S-187 is the only rev from this hub that has...
Constitutional silver?
As Paddyman said it is just a little off for being within tolerance for a zinc cent, but way off tolerance for being copper. A weight to two...
They are a novelty but probably not of significant extra value. I have no experience with mint sets in this type of holder, but in the old...
Could that relate to a slight change in rotation alignment of the dies on that variety?
No, the spark erosion process is used to make the dies. You use a coin and a flat faced die blank. Mount the coin parallel to the die blank and...
Yes a MAD, and possibly on both sides. Obv is a MAD with the die shifted toward 5:00, and the rev appears to be slightly shifted toward 11:30....
Yes there was, something like +/- .002. The bars would be assayed after a melt was poured and those outside a .898 to .902 range would be...
Of course you would have to have them slabbed at a cost of close to $25 each in order to get that.
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