Good luck on the hunt. That is the fun part of our hobby.
Looks to me as if it had been dug up. The scratch on the rev may have been from a digging tool.
Here is a pic of a 1876 counterfit trade dollar that is mushy looking. :D
Lucky you.
I hve one that looks just like that one. don't know what composition it is though.
Not sure where you can purchase one, but my price book which is a copule of years old show one of these in fine condition to be $500.00 and xf...
Quite the impressive collection there Dave. There are some nice bills there and price also.
Bought it knowing it was a counterfiet. I have quite a few and thought about putting a set together if I could find all of them. I have some...
Maybe you could put a set together that was one a year set. That way you wouldn't have to buy some of the more expensive coins.
I looked some up on the internetand found them selling for around $75.00. Also found a couple on ebay, I bid on one and got out bid to the point I...
Looks like a groundhog.
I think that the AU58 coin would be the way to go.I'm sure that to me it would look better than a MS60.
Here is a pic of a good counterfit trade dollar. The coin looks real till you feel the weight and look at it under magnification, it looks grainy....
Looks like somebody run over it, alot. Some kid probably made a necklace out of dads collection or a gift cause he thought it looked cool, than...
The only other thing I would know to try would be to scrape the edge and see if its solid silver or plated.
Good luck. I put my ex-wife thru college, it sure adds up quick.
Here is a site for sales tax tokens. http://www.taxtoken.org/
What is on the other side?
Doing it this way would lead to a more accountable grading. Taking the average of enough coins should help eliminate the human factor.
I'm just quessing that these are reproductions of originals.
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