The coin is an electrotype copy of a Spanish 8 Reale of 1795 with a British counterstamp dating from 1797. A real coin in that condition would be...
There's some extra metal around the 9 of the date : looks like a genuine error.
It really depends on your personal preference. I'm fine with irregular toning like that, but there are some who hate it.
Michael, please do some reading on history and numismatics and stop being a conspiracy theorist. It's really boring for everyone else on the forum.
I'm in the UK, and the grading system works out roughly like this: Unimpaired proof- FDC Impaired proof- aFDC MS-62 to 68 - Uncirculated (Really...
The English for "дыра" is hole or piercing, not mouth. I agree with the pricing - these issues are pretty common.
I would say that you could sell it for around $2,300 at auction. PCGS always over estimates the value of coins they've slabbed, for obvious reasons.
6-7 mm is a pretty normal for the AE issues of Ptolemy II. Furthermore, you can't carbon-14 date coins.
Leeg, that's the most attractive Roosevelt dime I've ever seen !
Well, the coins I collect very rarely occur in mint state, and I normally can't afford them when they do, so I'm sticking with toned. Coins which...
No problem, I might send him an e-mail if there's a specific coin I'm looking for =D.
It's generally best not to try to clean bronze, especially modern issues. Distilled water will probably have little effect and might cause...
It's an issue of Ptolemy II, the Hellenic ruler of Egypt, 285-246 B.C.E. The link shows one in better condition. What you think is a mammoth is...
That's awesome. Congratulations.
Here are the scans of my Siberian piece. Unfortunately, they don't show the piece particularly well; the patina looks much better in hand. I typed...
I think that due to the verdigris issue the 1804 cent isn't going to get higher than a VF-20, and there is some weakness on the reverse,...
Indeed, it's pretty rare. I bought it in Italy for €35, but I've seen the same date go for £175 or so here in the UK. There's a bit of striking...
That's a type 1 piece. Type 2 pieces have a considerably smaller leaf under the diamond on the right side, making the design unsymmetrical....
By graded, do you mean "slabbed" ? The US coin catalogues give values according to the numerical system. If you've got a coin slabbed by a...
I've got a 1776 5 kopeck from Siberia in nice condition: I'll see if I can post pictures of it later.
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