I agree with it being a repro, there are many times more repros than there are genuine coins.
If genuine this coin is very valuable, however there have been tons of reproductions made. Yours is not one of the typical cheap souvenir...
I also think it is a Philadelphia mint coin, the mark you are seeing appears to be too high to be an S mintmark.
No, apparently your nickel has had a bezel put on it, most likely to be suspended from a necklace, bracelet or the like.
How much does it way? A genuine coin should way around 72 grains.
This is one of the 1961 restrikes made from copy dies. The "chisel" marks on the reverse are one way to identify.
It does appear to be one of the common replicas. Does it have a casting seam around the edge?
This one is also a cast fake. There are literally tons of replicas of the Massachusetts coins out there.
Sorry, I put one too many t's in there, it is jeton. They were made to use as counters, for calculating. Some may have found there way into...
I am not sure what it is, but it does not appear to be a Lord Baltimore coin. The only Baltimore coin made of copper is the extremely rare penny,...
I just checked the number on NGC and it is an Oak tree sixpence, not a pine tree. Is this the same coin? As far as value, colonials are not like...
Caesar Rodney, says so right on the coin.
Are you sure it was 1863? I remember watching that episode and recall it being an 1864. I doubt the value would be any where near $20 during the...
Yes, everything points to a cast copy. A genuine pine tree shilling would be much lighter than a quarter.
Very poorly made fake, there are a lot of these out there.
Ah, gotcha. The D is for Denver where the coin was minted. The initials on the obverse are for the designer of the coin, John R. Sinnock. Still...
I don't see anything that looks like a doubled die,where do you see the doubling? Nice finding a silver dime in circulation though!
Unfortunately your note is a replica. The serial number is the giveaway. Confederate notes have been copied from the time of the Civil War to...
I am afraid if you paid close to half of AU50 value you paid way too much, and the cost of slabbing would put you farther in the hole. This coin...
Yeah, the copper color, this one is kind of neat, not the usual gray bubbly pot metal look of the usual souvenir copies. Would be interesting to...
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