A brutalized Barber 1905-S half. Why did I bother to photograph this coin? Oh, It's because I bought it when I about 14 years old. [ATTACH]...
Pustules. Disgusting sounding but certainly plausible.
I forgot to mention that the coin is standard "coin turn" with the reverse off about 15 degrees from 180 degrees. That puts the reverse "blob"...
So I was sitting at the diner this morning with some of my buds when up walks our local collector of all things nostalgic and the purveyor of...
While I enjoy the hunt for "just the right example" as much as anyone, I have to say that there's an elephant in the room. If you are in your 20s...
While I absolutely agree with @physics-fan3.14 about avoiding cleaned coins as a general rule, I have on rare occasions deliberately purchased a...
The 1804 looks like a C-10 to me. "Crosslet 4 with Stems" Obverse 4: Closely spaced date with the 4 vertical, slightly high and close to the 0....
I use: The Half Cent, 1793-1857, The Story of America's Greatest Little Coin c. 2019 by William R. Eckberg Easy to use and with quite good...
If you will start a new thread, I will walk you through how I attribute half dimes.
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