Unfortunately the coin is a replica beyond any doubt. The word copy is often just below the sun's rays, and I think I see something there. It is...
Yes, it is a modern souvenir type replica with no real value.
The New Haven restrikes are not true restrikes, more like fantasy pieces made in the 1850's. Mint state original Fugios are available due to a...
It appears to be a normal quarter that has spent some time in the elements staining/toning it brown.
I would say it was hit with a punch. The metal around the hole looks raised as it would if it was displaced by being struck with something.
Yup, the first four are replicas, but the rest seem to be real.
Me too!
I have only been studying and collecting coins for a bit over 45 years, and have seen a few error coins in that time. I don't claim to know it...
Notice how your coin is bent and bulged, there is no way it could have come from the mint this way. The dies would leave the coin perfectly flat....
Thanks for the pictures, wish I could get there often enough to see some of these lesser known places.
This doesn't answer the question but, I have spent more than a coin is worth many times. I honestly don't regret any of the purchases, my only...
OK, thanks for the information. I knew a Union army surgeon was wounded in the leg near Lincoln at Fort Stevens but not killed. So many historic...
Not sure where this info came from, but Lincoln's physician was Robert Stone and served Lincoln throughout the war until Lincoln's death. Even...
When I was a teenager I went to Washington, and the hot dog carts were amazing. I couldn't eat enough chili dogs. When I went back with my...
Absolutely, positively, not a broadstrike!
At the moment it is Connecticut coppers, but sometimes I shift to Rosa Americana pieces.
Certainly have it looked at if you wish, but it is glue or some foreign substance and another coin was stuck to it at some point.
I agree, someone ground it down, nothing at the mint could make it look like that.
"Happy's" had a small display case of coins, mostly Mercury dimes, Washington quarters, Wheat and Indian cents, maybe a Barber or two. If I went...
Yup, that is about it. If there are more than a few people there is no room to move.
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