From the photos, looks like a lot of vertical striations on the left side of the obv suggesting a cleaning. Might be different in hand, of course.
Great stuff! Looks like a high quality Fugio.
Nice Small Head FH half, Bill! Larry's clashed FEC is very cool. In fact everything on this page is cool!
The battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania were terrible blood baths, and Grant was reassuring Lincoln that in spite of the losses he was...
didn't even have to enlarge the images on that one.
Really nice set you are building there, way to go!
[IMG] [IMG] 1876-P type 2/2 trade dollar, maybe a couple of dozen known (for those that care!)
What I see in the photos is a coin with some luster in the devices (which should be expected to cartwheel) and barren fields (from cleaning) which...
F12? Looks like a beautiful, original coin!
If you look at sale prices for the 73-s in decent AU condition, they typically run a lot higher than the price guides suggest, due to scarcity....
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I thought the fake bagmarks on the left side of the reverse were a nice touch.
Shill bidding is rampant, IMO.
Mainebill has a point. That is a really scarce Trade Dollar. Fixing the hole would help, but I worry about the amount of rim damage and how well...
A valuable error now that it's missing its outer layer!
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