Just wanted to say that I just saw your "penny" post and congratulate you to listening to reason and to prompt all of us on this forum to at least...
From a bid board, looks more machined, but not bad [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Bravo
Yeah and we don't need the FDA either... :)
This is when crazy King George III ordered a penny to have one ounce of copper...this is a tuppence. 1797
Which one, mine? Mine is two ounces of copper.
Here's two ounces of dark chocolate... [ATTACH]
Hey, if it is a fake, e-bay will get you refunded. Not sure what proof you might have to supply though. Maybe someone here has experience.
thank you
Don't know those, so don't know if fake or not. Check to see weight and if they are magnetic and check the edge for a casting seam.
[IMG] That's red
Whizzed and polished to death!
Features like this (and like all the bumps) in coins after 1982 are bubbles or blisters due to the plating process...hence the term crappy Zincolns.
Why not put all of us on your ignore list?
OK, the mint mark is a D but it has a die chip in the middle making it look like a blob.
Looks more like damage from a rolling machine. See the semi circular marks on the field too?
It will cost you $50 or so to have it slabbed, and even then they would probably just body bag it instead of slabbing it. Put it in a slab...
I don't think this was in answer to your question. You have to start your own thread!
Would buying it at a large coin show increase your probability of getting an authentic coin?
When you ask someone to look at a forrest, don't expect them to see a particular tree.
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