I don't think mine really qualify as coin porn, more like coin striptease or coin poledance, sort of the tenderloin district of numismatics, LOL....
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Virulent verdi...
Happy hunting you guys!
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When I started collecting I bought several bright shiny trade dollars. If I were looking for a common date coin for type, I would wait for one...
I really like your Fugio group. Great idea for a site too. I have several Fugios and never get tired of the design.
The silver strips that the planchets were punched from were first drawn through a machine with rollers a fixed distance apart to make them an even...
nice looking coin! I would not have noticed the rim bump if it wasn't pointed out to me.
Zombie thread alert!
Here are the 4 possible mintmarks for the 16-D. you can see if yours matches the look and position. [IMG]
It's real. dipped/?cleaned too, but real. Edge reeding is tough to image, the best way I know of is to lay the coin flat inside a reflector...
Worn out, that is the most utilized Pan-pac I have ever seen or even heard of!
Definitely dipped to remove all patina, and cleaned as well (hairlines right obv field). As pointed out by rzage, any "white" 150+ year old coin...
Great photos, about as close to 3-d as a 2-d image can get!
Thanks for trying!
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