Cast copy
adjectives for luster: creamy. coruscating.
1933 birth certificate? Dr Hatch was almost certainly a GP.
My theory.. the coin became coated with something, maybe melted asphalt in a fire, maybe paint, and then buried. The coating cracked, and acidic...
genuine, late die state, scratched, ?cleaned.
A homely example.
Lovely half, Mike!
That's a pretty 02-S!
pimply, mushy, malformed dentils, pits. Chinese fake IMO here is a real one to compare [IMG] [IMG]
I agree.
Thanks, Rusty and Seattlite86!
OGH + Gold CAC = people hitting the bid button like rats in a Skinner box, hoping for that reward.
That looks like a Chinese fake to me, the reverse shows what I call "Beijing Mint Frost." The obverse hair details look very crude, like from a...
MIght go AU. Do you feel lucky?
Nice choppy trade dollars! [IMG] [IMG]
Personally, I wouldn't be a bidder; photos are horrible and "tooled" on the holder can cover a multitude of sins. The chopmark looks more like...
Nice find. definitely fake. The blob in the dentils on the obv is the most obvious tell, but the letters are all bloated, like bagels.
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I think it's entirely possible to have a discussion (not an argument) about a coin's grade, as long as people don't (1) assume they know what the...
I agree with Rusty.
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