I'd go with 61 & 63.
Based on your description I would guess that it is someone's very poor attempt at making a counterfeit $100 bill.
If it has any wear it is the tiniest amount. Tilt the coin under the light looking at the areas I marked and see if they are a slightly different...
Know nothing about them, have no interest in ever knowing anything about them. And have never found any good web sites about them.
Gonna have to go with 64 as well.
I would say you are. But the drop in precious metals often cause a similar drop in the coin market as well.
Yeah I do agree Mike, but I get lucky a lot of the time ;)
My opinion, the coin will be body-bagged, The scratch is large enough and in a prime focal area. And I would definitely not ever call a mark like...
That's about what the Spink book is - a British Red Book.
Silver varies from 2.2 to 2.5 and gold is softer - so not sure where you got that scale rlm but it is pretty dang close.
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What exactly do you want to know about them ? The book - Coins of England and the United Kingdom by Spink is a good one, but it just has general...
People used to carry their opium in them, used much like a snuff box would be. And yes, opium was legal.
No, there probably isn't. But then those glass lenses are 3 times as hard as a silver coin. Gold coins are even softer. Copper is harder than...
To be honest it is a fine line that they walk when it comes to scratches. It varies greatly depending on what the coin is. The rules change with...
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My grade would be a solid 64 - so there Mike :p And no I didn't cheat either. Will say though, that's only the 2nd or 3rd time I have agreed...
It's the US Coin forum spock - you the only one who didn't notice that ? But since you asked :D It's hard to just pick 10 though. 1364...
Ya shouldn't be, it's just that there has recently been a flurry of what I would consider over-graded coins among those I have commented on. But...
I just call 'em as I see 'em eddie. If you were to go back through the posts you'd find plenty of 65's - 67's.
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