Paul: I agree about it being a struck thru.
AU-58+ nice coin
Tony: Sure looks like one that Coin World Collector's Clearing House listed a while back. I'd write to Von Klinger and ask him.
Jerome: No, all cents are like that.
Phoenix: The "M" is a letter scratched into the coin, probably a hundred & fifty years ago. Many of these have initials scratched into them....
Ben: Very nice, and I agree with the O-105a. The die cracks are there, and more defined than on the O-105.
I am surprised. I thought that ANI never went below MS-70, with a rare MS-69! Wow, it must ba an AU.
ah, that could be a 64, but the cheek marks are distracting. No way a 65.
just an acid bath, but it is clean!
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Sorry, but I seriously doubt that the mint announced that news item. Sure, NBC may have reported it, but, possibly from 'unknown' sources within...
Speedy: I agree, I have a great Seated 1/2 that is a definite fake, made of brass, with the silver plate worn off. It is a contemporary...
Andrew: Where did you hear this?
bama: It does show the NGC slab to the right of the page. Also, looks like a 63 at best. There are a number of marks, especially the mark in...
Cull: A coin that is damaged in some way, for example, hit with a hammer. Cud: Normally on the rim of a coin, a section where the die has broken...
I had some luck two weeks ago at a coin show. I got my second 1872 two cent piece. The first was a fine without the WE in the motto, later graded...
My oops, yup, hammered coins.
That shows the fault of the TPG'ers. There is no consistancy with grading. Dave Bowers has had some interesting columns on the subject of late.
Someone got a real steal! Wow! and in a PCGS holder.
"THIS 1880-O IS NCGS CERTIFIED RED BOOK VALUE IS $20,000 PLUS!" And it sold for $76! That says it all. I hope that it is at least AU.
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