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I honestly think the rim damage would get it a details classification. Wait for other answers.
Welcome to CT and to ancient coins. Although I started collecting coins almost 70 years ago (really) my interest in ancients increased sharply...
Consider they have to put their "values" up 6 months before the year starts and those values are supposed to hold for a year... Given those...
I'm fine, be careful out there. The leaves would be on the reverse, you had a picture of the obverse...oops, sorry, didn't see the thumbnail,...
Watching lots of stuff on TV during our quarantine (as if I don't watch lots at other times) I see many scientific and pseudo-scientific tales...
Why would you think that? It crosses both the field and the portrait and shows a bit of a skip where it goes from the portrait to the field, just...
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but knowledgeable buyers will "buy the coin, not the slab". Whenever you go to sell your coin it will be re-evaluated...
Very nice looking coin and I hope it appreciates for you. In the meanwhile, enjoy the coin.
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Worth grading if you think it is worth $150 or so, check e-bay.
Agree.
Just occurred to me, you have a Rembrandt pen and ink drawing that you love. If you tried to sell it without authentication (and perhaps...
Hi @Elizabeth Chapman welcome to CT. Copper coins that appear to be silver or gold are usually the result of a chemistry experiment where the...
Uh...wife or coin? :)
Nice, check serial numbers to make sure they aren't reproductions.
Looks like it is Machine Doubling (MD), happens when the die is not held firmly in place and it moves during the striking giving the flat...
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