Like iGradeMS70, I think something is a little off. The images are awfully blurry, so much so on the reverse that it is difficult to see whether...
The first coin is a Netherlands 1894 25 cent. This coin carries quite a premium in high grades, and lists for $25 in Fine in my slightly out of...
I'll pay double melt for this coin all day long. :) In practice, a high demand date like this one will always have numismatic value unless...
Oldtimers in Northern California will remember a similar shootout, about 1990, that left a popular dealer dead. I'm happy to hear that everything...
Somehow I get the feeling that you won't be buying this dealer an Overton any time soon. ;)
Agree with the AU58.
Exactly. Same thing in Europe, where Euro and 2 Euro coins circulate widely.
PCGS did? :)
I went the other way because of the holder.
No collector value to speak of, and less than a cent in face value.
Looks real to me at a glance, although the problems are obvious. :) To be sure, I have at least one Large Cent of the same type in worse shape....
In most instances, it is perfectly legal for sellers to bid on their own items. This usually, but not always, takes the form of a reserve bid....
I have one of these... [ATTACH][ATTACH] ...which grades probably VF, except for the crude hole in the top.
That happens in our auctions all the time. It's an extremely common practice.
What I know: This is not an 1101-dated coin. Anything minted during that time-frame would have been much more crude. If I read it correctly, the...
I didn't like it much either, although it does have kind of a neat die crack. Still, I tend to guess low, so... 64+1
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You're right -- it was Abe I saw. Can't see the forest for the trees, I guess.
:) To the OP -- the images don't show the mintmark very well. Is the doubling present there, too?
I used to have a 18th century large cent that looked like it had been run over by a train. Wish I knew where it was... This coin came in a...
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