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It's a die crack. You have a late die state of VAM-2.
I love all these wacky die clashes that happen in the 1850s. The Midnight Minter strikes again! :)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/oldest-red-copper-coin-youve-seen.257850/
It's real. Real fake. :p Already being discussed at https://www.cointalk.com/threads/and-yet-another.276062/ Here's a good article on...
Very nice. :) Would make a very nice 46th birthday present for someone this year.
Any pricing info on these yet?
If your coin is actually made of copper, you may have a replica. You'll need to post good pictures before anybody can say anything definitive...
Interesting. I can see the +, but I don't see a *. The toning on that coin says "I'm original," not "look at me!!!".
Yeah... not only is that super fake, but I wouldn't be surprised if nobody actually owns more than 10 1893-S dollars in VF or better.
IMO, grading the coin UNC details would require some evidence of luster. I'm saying the shield on the reverse is showing me the possibility of AU...
To a commem collector, I could see it being worth $500 just for the history. A similar example of a coin that wouldn't seem like it'd be worth...
Whether a coin tones from RD to RB to BN in a holder depends on the holder and the external environment. You can take measures that should...
That sounds like a good theory. I don't think the label was an error in the sense of "mechanical error," but I do think it's wrong. I could...
Wow, that BIN price is outrageous! Over $700 for a hunk of silver that used to be an 1805 quarter? I couldn't even tell if it was a quarter,...
I'd like to see a link to the listing. I'm curious what the seller has to say about it.
Great coin, but who's Berty? :P
From PCGS coinfacts: An additional 1,000 half dollars were set aside, 500 of which would be sold to finance the sesquicentennial in 1996, and the...
Nah, you could mount a slab on a necklace. :P
LOL. Considering how he's been dead over 100 years, I think I'm safe. Besides, I'd rather have a 2009 UHR than the equivalent dollar amount of...
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