The ones you see in National Geographic, Smithsonian, or Parade are usually genuine but low grade (and often polished) frequently sea slvage...
Or did he shoot it in such a way as to present the coin in the best possible light? As most people marketing a product would do. I will admit...
I've always said if you are going to meet a stranger for a cash transaction to pick a nice safe place......like the local police station.
The mint doesn't make the blanks. They get them from an outside supplier. And that supplier makes planchets for many other people as well, and...
This is a very interesting piece. Yes it is a lamination, but I believe it is also a struck through. In fack I think it is struck through the...
My thoughts exactly, drop of glue which is now gone.
He posted these on another forum along with a picture of the reverse. It is a Philadelphia issue. (oddly the photos were not as clear as they...
I strongly suspect we are seeing another "Texas cent".
I don't see the bars, but I do see the vine motif.
Just came back to the thread and checked Marshall's comments. My conclusion was that is was 189, there is slight separation between the L and I ad...
As the others have said neither deal is good but the $6.20 deal is much better $6.20 for $90 is 14.52 times face. a quarter pound of 90% silver...
Actually the trade dollars does look very good at all. I'm surprised your dealer friend didn't spot it.
I would second Chris's recommendation. Usually even the silver issues from the Franklin mint are only worth the melt value of the metal (Which is...
Too late, you already posted it on the NGC Board.
The two pictures are shot at different angles and with radically different lighting. I'm sure it is the same coin, the seller simply chose to...
It takes more effort and a longer time to make five one oz planchets than it does one 5 oz planchet. The strip has to make more passes through...
Yep Dryer coin.
If he got the coin before the 29th when he first posted it he is past the three day window for making requests for returns. Terms say you have to...
Nice coin S-189 VF-35 details, dark, with moderate corrosion on both obv and reverse heavier on the obv from 10:00 - 12:00 I'd give it a net...
I don't have any photos but I do have an S-40 and an S-41 sitting here next to me. They are low grade butthe lettering on both are clear....
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