Very nice on the OP. On the penny, it looks like a dryer coin to me.
I like the pop art.
There are more recent questions than 2015. That is who I am replying to.
There will always be gold. People bring in jewelry and melt it, and they are still digging gold out of the earth, besides South Africa.
Damaged and very worn. Melt value.
Even for a 224 year old coin which gets leniency, there's too much wear for MS. I can see it going AU. I said XF because all things being equal...
So? Just explaining the facts. They mix copper in with gold to make it harder. It's not solid gold. 10K gold is a little less than 42% gold.
If you have a photo saved, you click UPLOAD FILE, choose the file, and then click full size and then click POST. Not to be rude but why do you...
14K = 58% gold. Most gold coins are 90% gold. 24K gold is 100% gold.
Denver never made proof coins.
OK I see I misread the Lincoln Cent resource, the proofs (from 1996) are supposed to be WAM but the business strikes are CAM.
I hit one spot Saturday and got the dollar coin. First spot today silver ring, no test req. Near the end, the half dollar. I also found a rock...
I thought the highest silver ever got was around $50? And there's about 3/4 of an ounce of silver in a silver dollar. (77%)
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