I completely agree. If you know enough about the series and your personal goals, you'll be able to define the set you want to collect. My...
Either Roman or an imitation. I hope someone else can read the inscription; I doubt I'd be able to without the coin in hand. How big is the coin?
My guess is that it's a jeton, but it's literally impossible to tell without pictures.
I doubt this is a coin, which means that it has little chance to have any significant value. IMO, it's more likely a token or medal of some kind,...
The 62 may just be evidence of the grading standards when this coin was first sent in, as evidenced by the old green holder.
The post I deleted said essentially the same thing as the other responses. I deleted it because I looked at the coin again and I'm not 100%...
About XF isn't all that unusual a descriptive grade, particularly for world coins. In theory, it might correspond to a VF35 or VF38 grade, but in...
Probably Mercuries, especially if you include the 1894-S in the list of Barbers. :)
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My gut said that it was one of those true rarities -- an MS60 coin. A damaged/scratched label wouldn't have surprised me, but I wasn't expecting...
I love these just because they're there. :) Like the OP, my only early dollar is a 1799 in VF, but not quite as nice (VF20 old PCGS holder)....
I completely agree. I looked at the known pairings over and over because this coin looks so good, but this one simply doesn't match. It's...
I know it won't grade Red!
It sounds like you're looking at one of our Long Beach auctions. These auctions (US coins, world coins, currency) are scheduled to open for...
At a glance it appears that it may be genuine, but I can't attribute it even with images of almost all of the known varieties in fromt of me, and...
The first piece appears to be an imitation of a Leopold the Hogmouth coin. Authentic pieces showed Leopold's features quite clearly (he was called...
Counterfeit silver dollars like the one the OP has are really common. The counterfeiters will change the date, crudely, to something that looks...
My gut feeling is that it is cleaned, possibly altered surfaces.
Not making any judgments yet, but I wouldn't touch this coin without better pictures of the obverse,
I'm not much of a fan of the Sayles books, but some of the other ones are pretty good. I find Sear's books (Roman Coins and Their Values, etc.)...
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