8. Serial number grade doesn't match nonsensical grade, but... 9. It's equally as nonsensical, because there's no such thing as MS60+ Seeing if...
Yeah, that's fake.
Easy thing to do will be to buy a late date proof Franklin (they're cheap) and an uncirculated one (also cheap) and compare them side-by-side...
Proof Franklins were made with specially prepared dies on polished planchets, using more pressure in striking, and special handling after striking...
I see light hairlines, but nothing that should prevent a grade.
Pity. It's also a VAM 4 (S/Horizontal S). It would probably have to be worn down to VF before it would grade, given all those scratches.
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The obverse issues are not due to die wear. IGWT is quite well-defined, but the letters are malformed and even of different heights. This would...
The degree of scrutiny it got is puzzling regardless of whether or not there was a usable host coin with such a doubled reverse. The host coin...
The only thing I'd take a closer look at is the black splotches by the Y in LIBERTY and the back of the cap. If those are surface crud rather...
There are 105 different 2005-P Minnesota doubled reverses cataloged by CONECA. Start here to try and find a match. A button on the right side of...
The pictures aren't awful. You show the surfaces reasonably well. I can tell how "hard" they are, and where there's porosity and defects. The...
In general, pages like this one that show as "out of stock" at danscoalbumstore.com aren't currently in print, and you'll have to either look on...
I just got off the phone with an error and variety dealer, asking if he had heard about the coin's authenticity. He said he hasn't seen one for a...
"It's fake" was the first thing I thought when seeing the picture, because of the sloppy motto. Transfer dies that were retouched by hand....
I have a list of references I use here. For large cents (and other early type), NGC's VarietyPlus page has just about all varieties shown. Take...
Nice coin! Lighting circulated copper is tricky, because you really want to show the color of the coin along with the details. White balance...
1777 Mexican 1 Real. A little worse for wear, but still a cool piece that was legal tender in the US until 1857.
And I hadn't even noticed the "Hoffecker Collection" bit when I said that. It's clearly the "if at first you don't succeed" failure that led to...
Almost looks like the inspiration for the I-10 ... I mean US-90 ... I mean Spanish Trail commem.
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