It's also possible the coin was dipped in acid and is worth 1 cent. The weight of the coin would help in answering.
In all honesty, nobody. If you want a Trade dollar buy one slabbed or don't buy one at all.
Sorry 900, if it says look at the left wing, it means the eagle's left wing. They specifically do it that way to avoid this confusion.
A piece of cloth was between the dies when it was struck.
Trade dollars are not my forte, I have no idea if it is real or not. And given how many good fakes there are out there I'd be hesitant to even...
Could be putty, silver, solder - could be anything. But it looks like something was done there.
Oh I think it was post mint, but it could have been done by anybody.
Howdy Jason, haven't seen you around in forever :high5:
Guilty you honor :o
It's called attrition - some are melted, some are lost, some are worn out and some are sitting in somebody's house and they don't even know it.
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OK - first pic is one I posted, second is yours. Notice the differences.
If you mean the one posted by Zeke I'd say AU.
Grade of what ?
There's lots of web sites out there, you can try those you find here - Exonumia
No, each of those was made using a different original coin. I'll show you what I mean. No.
Scan at a minimum of 600 dpi and save as a .tif file. Then crop the area you want to view, re-size it appropriately, and then save it as a .jpg....
I agree Lehigh, that is not the result of a fingerprint. But something has at one point in time scratched some of the toning off that coin....
I agree AU details. Also agree with altered surfaces. But what bothers me even more is this - see pic. What's going on with the bottom of the...
Ya need to look close, everything is different. They were made with different dies.
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