The slab was stacked in a double row box and spent a lot of time rubbing against other slabs. When it wasn't in said box, it was being thrown...
I assume "golden" refers only to the color and that the token is struck in brass. I think Royal Oak Mint did Gobrecht dollar replicas, but I don't...
The 1927 looks like it still has cleaning compound embedded in it. The 1908 looks better, but I don't think it would grade as a MS coin.
AU55. Not an O/S. Can't tell if there's any repunching on the date. The die cracks through the mint mark and by the R in DOLLAR should help...
As should the next person to buy that coin. Very nice!
Could be because cleaned, circulated common dates are sold anonymously and unceremonioulsly in junk boxes, so that it doesn't seem like there are...
Might want to tag @brg5658, as I believe he's a "horse coin" afficionado. (Apologies if I'm wrong.)
You have to take the R-numbers with a grain of salt. They are estimates based on how likely it should have been that a given variety was already...
I'm actually sort of working on a mint mark set of $5 Libertys. I always thought it would be cool. It's not a "top priority" set of mine, but...
The shield design on the cent has some incuse lettering.
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