One of the more bizarre ebay listings I have seen, from the "coin" to the seller's comments. Has to be seen to be believed....
To me, just my opinion, it looks like it was once darkly toned and then dipped more than lightly. Not sure what caused the spots, maybe areas of...
Looks like nice toning on that 77-P. Did you check to see if it's a DDO?
Wow Mike that 1900 half is a beauty! Cdude good to see you posting over here. Very wholesome scarce quarter.
Rusty, you have a point. I can't say if the left side was tooled as well.. it might be but the lighting isn't quite good enough to assess....
If the current owner decides it's tooled, and pcgs agrees, they can get reimbursed under the pcgs guarantee. I recall a draped bust dollar (?)...
genuine, anywhere from au58 to MS 62 IMO.
Yes, M.D. Sometimes I start threads like this if it gives me a chance to inject a little medical humor into the proceedings. But, I do think...
I stumbled onto this half in the Heritage archives, for no particular reason. It is graded PCGS 30, and in looking closely, to me it appears that...
Rusty, that is a beautiful half! My 39-O came from CRO, I spotted it at their table at Balto. about 4 yrs ago and whipped out the checkbook. I...
I really like the obverse of the reeded edge bust halves. Here are 3 from my collection, hope you enjoy them! [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
Looks like a Chinese fake to me too. Weird surfaces. They use hydraulic presses to stamp these things out like bottle caps.
To me, looks sort of mid VF. These are tough to grade. I expect that at 35-40 you should see some luster in the protected areas.
I like those a lot!
Thanks, the strike was a big plus for me.
Glad you like it. It graded AU 58.
Unfortunately it is clearly a copy. But, welcome to the Cointalk forums we look forward to your posts and contributions!
polishing with a jeweler's emery cloth would not wear away enough metal to remove torch lines or other details but but would make the coin very...
That is an interesting coin. I guess I would expect a coin struck from worn and touched up (coarse polishing) dies to not have PL surfaces, so...
It looks just like some that my Dad had in his SDB, bought in the treasury releases, handled enough to become AU, then stored in a cardboard...
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