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"Weird Wellington & The Penguin Lady" Bizarre folk art carving on 1811-13 Canadian "Wellington" halfpenny [IMG] Host coin: Undated (ca....
"Spooky Moon Face" Unusual pictorial love token engraving on 1862 USA Seated Liberty half dime [IMG] Obverse: Seated Liberty design, unaltered....
Lovely facial details! What's the grade?
That Crypt Keeper Byzantine is way cool!
The host coin (US cent) being flattened to the point of being slightly misshapen is another hint that this was a vise job.
Wow. I was way off.
A Doily sample slab is good to have!
To each his own. It's kind of strange, collecting plastic like that, and not my cuppa tea personally, but I can respect their madness. I've...
I guess the "rub" I thought I was seeing on the highest hair curl and eagle's eyebrow might just be normal flatness where the strike maxed out,...
Oh, be still my beating heart. I love toned gold like that. Here is a toned goldgulden I had. Unfortunately not a dated one like yours are....
What a stroke of luck that they left the mintmark intact on that 1895-O dime!
I'm not sure of exactly what type of Mexican coin got pressed together with that cent, but here's the eagle-and-serpent motif used on their coins...
Nope. Sorry. This one was smashed together with a Mexican coin, as one might guess. Probably in a vise. You can see the feathers of the...
Yes, the PCGS "Doily" holder is so named because the background pattern of the label resembles a lace doily. They are rare today and sought after...
Dang, that's nice, though the toning is rather mottled for my personal tastes. I say AU55-58, but since it's one of those "super slider" coins...
Doily holder anecdote: When I helped out in a coin shop here in Brunswick, GA in the early 2000s (back when there was still a coin shop in this...
They're even keeping a census of Doily holders over on the PCGS/CU forums. I note that that coin is listed. I voted "overrated" simply because I...
It's corroded.
Nope. You'd have to talk to Doug about that one.
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