#1: It is a cent, not a penny. [sorry, I can't help it.] #2: No.
never, no how, no way... They have enough of our $..
He used the parchment scrolls to study coins. of course, at the time there was only one coin!
as they say: If it seems too good to be true............
looks like a broadstrike, but your comment about the reeding makes no sense. how about a picture.
just click on the person's name (not right click) and you'll see a PM line.
To say that the seller juiced his pictures is putting it mildly. Wow, what a crook.
Craz: Nice find. I have a number of these UFO's (Unidentified Found Objects)... and yours may be another. Without some form of...
nice trio of 1892 pieces.
Best deals? Interesting thread. I have cherrypicked a number of good deals. they include: #11 (yes 11) 1864 L Indians cents purchased...
SemperFi: Bad guesses, if you look back two pages you''ll see the correct answer!
and what is with the 1st '2' in the date?
and then life shall continue in a manner yet to be determined. altho, the count shall continue, albeit in an orderly manner.
most likely it was plated.
make sense? Sure. Is it? Not always.
shoe: In the OP picture, the weak lettering is from the die that the counterfeiters created. They were just sloppy.
nice, the only one in Cherrypicker's Guide is a very minor DDO. Yours is far superior.
very nice contemporary. I have a couple, and save them. I'll have to find them & post.
It was in all good fun, and no coins got hurt during this contest.... so, what is wrong with that.
FYI: You guessed after the contest was over, the winning # announced...... and you still guessed wrong.
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