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This seems like a good place to park photos of Fugios. blunt rays, Newman 4E [IMG] [IMG]
Looks 45 to me, dipped and album toned. Pretty!
That's a really nice looking large cent! Pretty soon you'll be wanting more...
What a cool find! A set of coins that circulated in early America would include a very wide variety. A friend of mine found a 1R while detecting...
Here is my 42/41 D. you can tell from the position of the 4 relative to the right hand tip of the bust truncation that it is not from the same...
That's a very informative thread, and shows the subjectivity of grading, which is then marketed as objectivity.
I see no high point wear. However, it is impossible to judge luster from photos, in general. If it hasn't been dipped to death (DTD) then it may...
I don't like the look of the rims or the edge reeding, but withhold judgement until we have better closeups.
Kanga, I feel your pain. "Aspirations meet reality."
Oddly, I think the photo in the Bowers Colonial book for the obv. 4 is wrong. The O in YOUR is in the wrong position over the first S in BUSINESS....
I should have started a GTG thread, but these things are tough to evaluate from photos. [IMG]
I don't think so. Here is my circ example: [IMG]
Stunning coin. Can't really grade these accurately from photos, as the hairlines don't show up well. I'll guess PR64CAM
This arrived in the mail today. I have wanted a club rays Fugio for a while, but finding one with decent detail and no major planchet issues was...
Sounds like a fun project. Wish I could find one of those albums for less than moon money.
I agree- very pronounced roller marks from the metal strip being pulled through the draw station prior to planchets being punched. The worn dies...
Perfect 92-O half, treetrunktuber.
If the colors in the photos are accurate, I would pass.
Beautiful coin, I like how the toning "cameos" Franklin's bust.
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