WoW!, Nice photos!, Now if the e-bay shows them like that, gradeing would be easyer for raw coins, I dont bid on e-bay so I dont have to worrie...
Good choice ajm229!! I was on that track also, Or any gold triple struck coin!!
The new goverment rolls I got from the mint 2 weeks ago (Christmass present for the kids) were heavily bag marked!!JUNK!!for brand new items they...
Woundefull coin!!, Alot of people dont realize is that this type of coinage circulated freely in the USA all the way up to the American Civil...
Glad to hear someone got lucky!, I was hoppin on my so-called Brass Indian to be good but it wasnt, we will all keep the hunt goin though! Great...
Yes, its been mentioned. But it really looked original! it had many people who looked at it buffalo'ed!even me, Iam perty sharp on coins and this...
Hi Speedy, It came back the other day from the graders,They stated mint damage. So I took a file to the edge to see if it was brass or other, it...
WoW!, Thats cool!, I think maybe a pattern coin?Or maybe a differant type of comemoritive type for sitting bull that was given out at the time??
:( Darn!, I wish I had some $$$$ to play with for it!..
If and when you get the coin, take it to a decent coin delear and just havem grade it,Its possible it isnt damaged from being in jewlery,...
Strange!, I thought the French hate this guy for loosin the war and putting the country in caos???they even put him on a island to die poor!!Now...
Those are original luster coins from what I see, They are what I call "MEDIUM" strikes!, I go for the "FULL" struck feather tips,as you can see,...
If the price was right, Id get it for myself.It was most likely done by kids back then, board.......Its toughf lookin at a nice coin damaged like...
The coin was redesigned in 1836 to the "FIRST" reeded edge american coin,also alittle smaller,so new dies were made, also this was the first...
Look at the reverse, if the "N" is weak, its original, (Most of the time),very few originals have a full N. To bad for the coin, Its the KEY to...
As Speedy said, There are gradeing books that the gradeing services use for standards, you need to buy some!, I have all of them since they came...
:o Hows your eyes feelin by now???
Ditto! Again, Stick with the proven few graders and you wont loose much sleep!
Stick with the tried & proven sellect few gradeing people!, They are excepted sight un seen, But these others...If I seen a coin undergraded by...
I would rather just get the KEY dates than the whole collection, Iam a type set collector.
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