AdamL, I like their nice, original look. And that is a very attractive 17-s obv, WalkingD, I know how hard those are to find in a nice, midgrade...
My opinion, fwiw, is that it is MS (best I can tell from the photos) with the typical weak strike for the issue. There seems to be significant...
and I had some positive feedback about this one: [IMG] [IMG]
yesterday I rearranged my photobucket albums, so the links to my photos were lost. I'll post a few of them in no particular order: 1916-d, obv....
I became better at spotting fakes after I bought several and studied them. Quite a few of them are lurking in old collections- the Chinese have...
I rearranged my photobucket albums, I had everything in 1 album (!) so they woudln't link. Should be ok now. Wasn't trying to hijack the thread,...
I think it's about AU53, dipped and cleaned. The high points are (obv) hair behind Liberty's eye, left breast, left leg; reverse: tops of wings,...
Looks cast, with the remains of a gold wash. Neat street find, though!
The bust dollar may very well be authentic. That it's been cleaned and polished is apparent, but if genuine it is still a valuable coin. What are...
It's very hard to authenticate these from photos, as you have to look for specific patterns of depressions and toolmarks from the counterfeit...
Thanks for the additional photos, sorry I missed the weight in the op. I was sleepy. I believe it is genuine, based on your excellent photos,...
Eduard, that flowing hair dollar is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing her with us. (for a copperguy, you have some awesome silver in your strongbox!)
I suspect Eduard has at least one very nice bustie (if it's anything like the rest of his coins).
In the meantime, I will point out that it has a very weakly struck obverse, with flat stars and head of Liberty, which is the rule for the 1877 P....
Hi, have you weighed it yet? Can you image a portion of the reeded edge, please? Thanks.(the photo of the edge is too blurry, I think it was to...
I hear ya...
I think it may have sat at the bottom of the spittoon too long!
Nice coins, Mark. Cool die cracks on the reverse of your '99, and I like the patina on the '98.
I bought this when I started collecting a couple of years ago, and didn't even take it out of the stapled flip until recently to image it! It's...
I agree completely- just a fantastic coin design. I take my photos with a used Micro-Nikkor on my wife's D40 set on manual, with a copy stand....
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