Well done @lordmarcovan great choice! Beautiful coins Everyone!
I am at AU58. I think they hold this one back. There was a lot of abuse to the die before the coin was struck, It hard to tell wear, for me. Some...
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This was 57$ I have the dealer holding a 91CC an 83CC and a 42/41 Merc on hold. Can't wait till next week.:) Oh yeah! Paddy's up!
What you are saying is the collar is actually the rim. The collar is used to strike the coin. As Chris said it is PMD
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I was just going to point that out @ddddd I do believe I should be @ 4 points.
Die deterioration, looks like Lincoln has a halo.
I haven't looked up the Holder yet, so I don't know much about it. 1884O MS64 NGC 85$ Pcgs 82$ [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I think the coin is on...
I could stare at that for a while and never get board. Very cool and Perty!
The last pics make it look like it may have been polished. I think it comes back as a details coin.
I will try to get some photos up by morning. Just picked one up today.
$1850 Wow!
Ehh, just a couple. Perty Merc!
$40
$160
Some one has cleaned it in it's lifetime, there really isn't any need to look into it further. It around an XF-Au details coin, the cleaning has...
If it's even real. The weak lettering on both sides make me wonder?
They both have the same die scratch in front of the nose, I believe you are correct.
Here is a good reference for errors. http://www.error-ref.com/
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