Looks like severe die deterioration.
Bottom of the 3 punch is broken. Since it wasn't there it didn't create a void in the die and so there was no bottom of the 3 when the coins were...
Clearly die polishing. Yes they are in the center of the detail area, but they are also the lowest relief areas of the detail. In the case of a...
Did some checking, can't be on a Costa Rican 2 centavos, the US Mint never struck any copper coins for Costa Rica, They struck silver, gold and...
The 1873 all the way. The 1871 to me has a flat dead washed out look to it. The 1873, yeah maybe it has a little gunk, but it also has character...
To me it's a 25 coin. And it hasn't been dipped. As mentioned just overexposed in the last image.
I like the NGC coin better. To me it has better detail and it is an earlier die stage. The PCGS is an ugly color with heavy die flow lines...
Just off hand I would say real. Unfortunately it is been polished.
I haven't looked at it yet but they have some tokens so I need to check it out. I think I'll go do that now before I forget. Not too any token...
Won't work, even if refused it shows that it was delivered as far as ebay is concerned. Ebay will still refund and they will also have the coin back.
I've bid on DNW for years and it has been easy. You can bid early and it will treat it like a max bid and the computer will bid on your behalf...
One problem with a "block this buyer" list is that whoever hosts it leaves himself open to a lawsuit. A good buyer or good seller list you can...
In that chart the column "What Sheldon intended" is too large. He never intended to use anywhere near that many grades. He just used...
The mint had wanted to get out of making commemoratives for YEARS. They hated them and you have to remember at the time they kind of viewed the...
Bingo. Jook at the number of 2014's that were submitted and the percentage that received 70's. The 2015's will probably be fairly close to that...
I don't think it is PMD, it does look to me like a strikethrough, but I don't believe it is wire.
You can't show young collectors what an error looks like unless it is slabbed?
Why is it whenever a newbie finds something he thinks may be rare or different he feels compelled to damage it and reduce its value just in case...
It looks to me like there may be a rim cud on the rev from 12:00 to 12:30. There are at least three cracks on the rev but I don't see one at...
Coinman is right about the emperor and the Kwangtung province location but there is no real coin that has the province name on the left side like...
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