Seller called this one VF and had it for $39.96 BIN with free shipping. I pulled the trigger. I personally think it's solid XF. Wonder if it...
Only one in my present possession is this half-sovereign from the Terner collection. [ATTACH] Last full sovereign I had was this 1901-M Aussie,...
Ha! I didn't even notice that, because I wasn't paying attention to the pictures. Yep. What he said- spend 'em.
@Flyd 45 - I moved your posts because you inexplicably posted them in someone else's 12-year-old thread that had absolutely nothing to do with...
@Hamilcar Barca - welcome! Nothing says you have to quit US coins, of course. You can enjoy collecting both. They're very different...
I think it could just be the lighting.
Realistically, i wouldn't think so, due to the condition, unfortunately. Too bad, because it's a pretty neat item, and a bit uncommon.
Nice sleuthing, @spirityoda. That's exactly what it is. How interesting. I'd never seen a repoussé popout Mercury dime before, either. That...
If the bronze ones had been "heavily cleaned", they'd have the same unnaturally orange look a cleaned US cent gets.
I've never heard of fake reichspfennigs. I strongly doubt that's of any concern at all. Nor do I see anything that looks harshly cleaned there....
Even longer than that! 1586 to the present, I think. Which I believe makes them the longest continually-issued coin design in the world. Aha....
Yes, and yes.
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I take that first clause back. It's looking increasingly nice. ;)
If you open them in a new tab, you can see them a bit larger, at least with the Chrome browser.
9 mm.
Thanks for the entry in your kind giveaway. ;)
Updated thread here.
Also, an 1893 Columbian half. Will continue to add more goodies to the Prize #1 Pick Bin, thereby widening the selection at the end of the month....
Added an 1891 quarter to the Prize #1 Pick Bin. Low grade, sure, but a decently appealing example for its pricerange. (Which would be zero if you...
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