If it were grooves in a die, how was that caused by "metal flow" and if it were the die, wouldn't there be a lot of them out there?
So, just say Longshanks
@ Insider as a YN... [ATTACH] Oooooo...look, a doubled die.
Tell someone who gives a rat's butt :)
Some merchants and companies counterstamped large numbers of coins and there are "collectible" counterstamped coins that are worth big bucks, and...
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The appearance of the fields of the coin don't look like a proof to me.
and...
Odd looking, but just because something "looks" like something isn't any kind of proof. Ask yourself how this could have happened in the minting...
Are you asking for proof, or whether it is a proof coin?
Looks like it to me. Let's see what others say.
I know e-bay has a reputation of always siding with buyers, but I wish you luck!
I just read one somewhere that explained that the central bindings did not have to be rounded in what they referred to as McDonald Arches, but the...
I'm more of a VHS nut, seeing as how I used to make these beasties.
dang
Best of luck, let us know what happens.
NGC
If it is "properly" cleaned (i.e. conserved) you will never know it. What you mean "we"?
Wow, nice portrait!
Google the gold penny experiment and it shows how to plate copper cents (or other copper coins) with a thin layer of zinc and then heat them to...
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