The image that John Burgess cites I can't find on my computer; I think I copied it from a post on the CU forum years ago. The die rotation info...
I found this image of the 4 mintmark positions on my external hard drive: [ATTACH]
Not much to add, but when I looked at the rev closeups I could see that the plant details were very granular and consistent with a transfer die fake.
Thanks, Publius2. I'll refer to it as the "mute eagle" variety.
I see. the 2 in 25 is low.
Hmm, think I have one too, my lone "late" bust quarter [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Was that Sheridan's auction? Lots of eye candy!
These circulated in early America and have an interesting design A lot of shipwreck salvaged coins are available as well as a lot of cleaned and...
great coin, and deserving of JA's approval
Wow that's a beauty. I'll guess AU53.
Great coins,Kanga. good choices.
It looks good to me, grade wise about mid VF. Rims are nice and no major hits in the fields. Dark splotch next to the date may just be toning,...
Sold for nearly $2200!
I agree.. it's an artifact, and should be left as is.
congrats, and thanks for all of your contributions to the CT community!
That"s a really good looking Peace Dollar!
welcome to collecting CBH's. I started a date set a few years ago aiming for fine/vf coins, but picked up a handful of xf-au along the way....
speaking about the 76-s again, on the obv there seems to be some sort of problem near the ribbon tips, and the overall surfaces look odd. Again,...
the 77cc and 78cc both have the wrong rev (T1) so are arm's length fakes. mushy granular surfaces too. as pointed out the 1878 was proof only...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I picked this one (I don't own many) because it was in my Dad's bank box after he died. This one and several other common...
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