Yeah, the eagle head is off. A lot of fakes are sold on eBay as real, from what I can tell after a bit more research. So is it a modern...
The lettering is raised and seems a bit thin, but I wanted to get a few more eyes on this cent. Does it look to be real, or is it one of the...
If you are in Vegas, I can stick it in my x-ray spectrometer for you.
That is a great example of a deep cameo coin.
I think you are wasting your money to sending it to be recertified. I doubt it will come back any different. It is a beautiful coin though.
That is cool that is means that much. If I were to guess, the overall condition of the reverse is what dropped it down to 67.
XF Details - PVC Damage
The top photo looks like there is a rim ding to the right hand side of the face on the obverse.
Is there reddish toning? Does it have luster in your hands, or is it just kind of dull?
The hair and breast feathers look good. I don't see this being an AU coin. UNC Details - Cleaned is the worst grade this would get, in my mind.
How can you tell? The lighting is so bad it is impossible.
That is a shame. You would think, in all of their mints, West Point would have the best QC.
MS61
In other words, it was been narrowed down to anywhere from UNC Details to MS65. Not bad considering the pics we were provided with.
Thanks. It looks like that one under my loupe, I couldn't get a good magnified pic of it.
It is an MS coin, probably 64, so long as it is not cleaned.
Again, I am terrible with varieties. I have this nice, BU penny, looks like it could be a D/D. Any thoughts from you guys? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Thanks
[ATTACH] This is the reverse if that helps.
Varieties are not one of my strong suits. Does this look like a genuine weak D? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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