Of the two, the 1836, IMO, although dipped and scraped is the better choice. The strike (for the year) is absolutely hammered. The 1828 contrary...
[IMG] [IMG] 1964...It took me 3 months to accumulate the 6 dollars I spent. Then I had to convince the dealer that I knew enough about the coins...
Ah, yes. The "good old days" when even magazines like "Popular Mechanics" (the source of the OP ad) ran classified ads for everything from coins...
Nice modern crack. Here's a rim to rim on a coin from back when die cracks were much more common. [IMG]
That's OK. The current Sheldon scale as used isn't "a Sheldon anything" either. The original Sheldon scale applied to large cents only and tried...
Sure it's gradable. Any coin is. You just did when you called it an XF-45. As to whether or not it's slabable with a non-details grade that's...
Sometimes the defacement of a coin adds to a coins merits rather than detracts. For example: Back in 2009 I bought this problem child with...
No silver lately, but I did find an 1887 cent in my pocket change about a month ago. Since about the only time I ever look at my pocket change is...
BLASPHEMY!!!;) I suspect that Eddiespin might have forgotten his sarcasm smilie.
It's probably a 3500 coin without the cleaning. I would say 1000 is a decent price. By the way, I don't see any sign of tooling in the pics. It...
I don't know about current reproductions like these (but I doubt it), but rare contemporary bust half counterfeits can actually be worth more than...
I've never understood the appeal of collecting rolls. I want to know what the coins look like--not the wrappers.
I have several coins that I couldn't sell for what I have in them. Honestly, I couldn't care less. They aren't for sale anyway.
I think that it was this one, but I might have bought a 1795 half first. [IMG]
If you can find a copy (it's out of print) then I find The Ultimate Guide To Attributing Bust Half Dollars by Glen Peterson to be easier to use...
O-114
Overton 117--an R-4 (scarce) die marriage. Looks to have been cleaned and retoned in the past. VF grade. At a dealer's table I'd expect to see...
Dipped bright white back in the 1980s and although it's beginning to re-tone it will never look right again.:bigtears: [IMG] [IMG]
Fine if buying--VF if selling (sigh). If you got it in the 70 to 75 dollar range you did ok...100 would be a little high, IMO. Overton 114, an...
Would I ever "go nuclear"? I have done so in the past. (2009) It barely makes Good and has graffiti dating from the year 1845. It cost me solid...
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