I've given up trying to grade proofs from photos, because the grade depends on hairlines, and on proofs they usually only show at certain angles.
I just went through 4 pages of 1873 trade dollars in the Heritage archives, all of the 73-P's had at most the broken top of the E in UNITED, none...
larger image of right obv field as requested: [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] you can see multiple broken letters and missing serifs in the lettering. My raw 73P has just the broken E in UNITED. Few dies were made...
That's a fair point. I have not seen a trade dollar yet with signs of die rust in the fields. CAn't say for sure it never happened but I have...
here's an enlargement of the talon area, the original photo was somewhat unsharp, and with the increase in image size detail was lost. [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] this is a fake that I bought a few years back on eBay. note the small metal blobs scattered around.
[ATTACH] so I enlarged and tried to sharpen a bit the area Bob Evancho is questioning, If those are indeed raised bumps then that confirms that...
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tough coin to find in anything approaching original condition. [IMG][IMG]
[IMG] This looks like genuine edge reeding to me.
the 1873 P has a rev. die with broken serifs on the E of STATES and F of OF from hub damage. At least 1 obv die and 2 rev dies were used.(old...
I think it's a really nice looking coin from a significant year in history. The album ring toning is very attractive. No doubt dipped and...
I like the ones that show the attempts of the mint to re use dies, or to squeeze every last coin out of a die before it fell apart. Reminds me of...
and another genuine one, although not a stellar example: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The weak dentils on the rev. bother me some, but this is not uncommon due to misaligned dies. The coin has the correct type 1 obv and rev. The...
Thanks for the update, great closeups with annotation!
stan? gated? who's stan?
Great thread and really neat campaign pieces. I had never known much about Polk; thanks for the history lesson. I'll post a coin from 1844:...
very nice for a "details" coin; the damage is not all that obvious. I thought it looked F12.
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