Like like how they proudly display that it's 36mm instead of 38.1mm.
Over on CCF there's a tool that will pull up the first image from a removed listing. I don't know how their magic works. Monkey-head Liberty! Gawd...
"1892 Columbian: 1990: $3,850 • 2022: $275" Holy buckets! I had no idea the market was like that in 1990, as I had no interest in coin collecting...
A more thorough updated article here: https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/experts-confirm-1943-1942-s-lincoln-cent-overdate-variety I bet...
Recently received in change. Very lustrous for having bounced around for 56 years. [ATTACH]
Here's the current auction for watching. https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1160305/1891-CC-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-66-Toned
I've seen the "pre-1900" thing on other images of Sigma results and am curious if anyone has an explanation. Canada switched from .925 silver to...
An interesting study: "Chumash Indians Were Using Shell Bead Money 2,000 Years Ago" http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/chumash-money-09303.html...
There are snippets in lots of places. I think you just have to dig into the series you're interested in. For example, Bowers' Guide Book of Barber...
Even the small ones have holes, so I suppose it became a traditional design. Certainly it's logical that the hole was a means to move them, but...
Yap stone money (aka Rai stone) is fascinating. Why the hole? [ATTACH] (image stolen from internet)
The reverse damage is easy to ID. There must be a bunch of these out there hiding in collections.
@Iso808 post a couple more pictures from different angles. Reverse photo also might help. Check the edge for anything unusual.
It looks like struck through reeding to me....
I notice they all have a mole under the chin at the neck too.
I had a similar experience, cycling in the Civil War Century about a decade ago. I rode ahead of the people I was with, and when I got to Antietam...
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You can also open file explorer, then drag and drop the image into your post. Then click full image.
That toning is crazy. My eyes can't not see it as raised ridges across the coin.
I didn't guess because I was tired of being wrong. It looks pretty banged up in the True View for a gem so 65 surprises me. I would have been...
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