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sold for 21,000. I see that Newman bagged it for $3.50
the reverse legend on the primitive makes me wonder if Higgins was familiar with Higley?
66FB?
Since there is a fixed number of classic coins, TPGs need to be creative in order to generate more revenue, we agree on that. If customer...
That's a really cool chopmarked 8R, scottishmoney. I'd love to have that in my collection. Interesting that the chops on 18thc coins tend to be...
I'm at 45 on the quarter and 53 on the half. both probably dipped at some point but not excessively from what I can see. Nice album coins
Higgins also made the "Primitive" tokens featuring the US Monitor. John Milton has a really nice one, mine looks like something scraped off the...
I expect that if there is a vast difference in value between proofs and MS versions of the same date, the TPG's would expend extra time and energy...
Looked at a few more proofs on heritage and the images posted here since last night. on the obv, just outside the right edge of the shield, to...
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Or cannibalism.
[ATTACH] Quite a few chopmarked trade dollars also have test marks on them made by twist drills, to see if the coin was just a plated base metal....
Pulled out my Briggs. The obv. seems to best match the description of the proof die. The other dies (as described) don't seem to match the o.p....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] here is a chopmarked fake I bought years ago on eBay.
Well, I have to disagree with the first part of the post. Chopmarks show that the coin travelled to China on a sailing vessel, took part in...
here are a couple that are more to my liking: [IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG]
I agree with Publius2, it's a niche market. I think most collectors with an interest in trade dollars like to have at least one chopmarked...
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