I'm VERY lucky to find a couple a year in pocket change. I average about 8 wheats per bank box.
Here's another one I bought from him. This coin is just outstanding. I teased him about the 2x2, but he was just crazy about this coin:
For me PQ means an exceptional coin considering the year/mint - strike/die state, eye-appeal, luster and toning.....in that order. One...
No, those are likely damage from the machine counters.
What he said! It's not worth any premium.
Hummmm.....a real savy buyer with $800 to waste. :rolling:
Formation of copper carbonate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper(II)_carbonate Baking soda will just totally eat the surface of a copper...
Oooooo man, now it looks horrible. The baking soda was a bad idea, it's far too harsh on copper. IMO, the coin went from cleaned to harshly...
1916-S - MS61/62BN, may have been cleaned and retoned, these are often woodgrained in brown. A bit on the ugly size, the price is justified. A...
Most likely just a grease filled die. However, it looks like there could a dropped letter there.
Worked very well!
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