I’m totally with Ken Dorney! And if anyone wants an ancient-coin necklace there are plenty of nice looking fakes that can easily be inserted into...
Yes, VF30-35. But I don’t know about the “cleaned”; toning looks normal to me. Though tough to be sure just from an image. Maybe it was just...
Won’t erase the scratches, though. Am I the only one who doesn’t think it’s no better than some flavor of VF, esp. in view of the degree of wear...
“Chile con carne” = Chiles (hot stuff, in this case with beans and meat (chopped/ground), so I suppose you could have just the carne or just the...
Congratulations Eduard, very handsome coin. I have (so far!) settled for a well-worn ‘95, but seeing your beauty and hearing about ‘94s recently...
Your first Coin is a well-worn & corroded 1943 cent; its approximate value is one cent. I agree with alurid that the second piece is probably...
Bill: I’m with you; looks like minimum AU50 to me, probably better. From what I’ve seen looking at seated coinage, the area across the chest is...
No, there are actually 3. The small O and various iterations of the large O are all relatively common. However, the “huge O” is very scarce....
From the pictures in Brian Greer’s book on LS dimes it rather does look like the Large O variety, rather than what he calls the “Huge O” (which is...
Claw: You could try ngccoins.com & keep digging till you get to Variety Plus Coin Variety Guide. I have found it useful, especially for early US...
Good for you!
YESSSSSS!!!! Sounds like me talking, right down to the Bust Half part. 114% agreement!
Eduard: FWIW, the PCGS web site (pcgs.com) has, as an illustration of VF35 Liberty Seated dimes, a picture of, would you believe, an 1885-s! It...
I’m with youse guys: minimum XF45 — plus a green bean.
Also, FWIW, it looks like Overton O-117. Do you folks agree?
To me it looks like a weak AU, or what some dealers used to call XF48; really too much wear on the curls for any AU grade. But considering how...
I bet one of the TPG’s would give it a 45, or at least XF/cleaning. Not that the looks of the Coin bother me, but it might bother them (from the...
Of possible interest: it looks to be O-114, based on Overton’s characteristic tells — point of star 7 nearly touches front of cap and, on the...
I’m not so sure. Don’t misaligned dies give you a coin that’s weak over an entire side? What you have here is what I’ve seen described as die...
I’m with 63 or 64; can’t see any wear on this one. What I do see are some nice obverse rim cuds @ 11-01 o’clock. I’m jealous!
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