Good one, BTW. You struck just the right "challenging, but not impossible" balance there.
I'm pretty sure I know it, but rather than blurt out the answer in the open, I'll let the other folks have a crack at it first. ;) [SPOILER] .
Neat. Thanks. I didn't know about that doubling.
A bit dark, sure, but not ugly-dark. Another wholesome circ example.
United States: 1944 silver Walking Liberty half dollar PCGS MS65. Cert. #09161178. Mintage: 28,206,000. Ex-Northeast Numismatics, 20 August...
I think it's a wholesome looking circulated example.
United States: 1944 silver Washington quarter NGC MS67. Cert. #251510-015. Numista-54, Krause-Mishler-164. Mintage: 104,956,000. Ex-Northeast...
United States: 1929-S silver Standing Liberty quarter, from the Richard August Collection PCGS MS64. Cert. #50620450. Numista-3573,...
Yep! I no longer own any printed copies of Krause, but those big volumes used to be my "bible", and I well remember the "Instant Identifier" section.
You're on a roll with all these splits! [IMG]
Earliest one I've seen (split planchet, that is- not large cent).
I once had a love token on a Shield nickel, where the obverse had been planed off to engrave the love token part. But as I recall, some Shield...
Wow. That's a dramatic one!
I can't say as I've ever seen one like that, either. Has a 1950s-1960s vibe to it.
But not as terrible as the newer ones with white prongs that hang over the edge of the coin...
PS- you really should keep it up with the World coin challenges like this. I enjoyed being tested.
Neat design. I like these. All around the globe there were so many fun coins from early in Victoria's reign.
Nice challenge, @The Meat man - keep ‘em coming.
I believe it is an 1841-1861 Gibraltar 2-quarts. @philologus_1’s post confirmed my initial suspicions. I thought, “Gibraltar!” the moment I saw...
Wow!
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