I was at a large coin show a few months ago. One dealer had a pile of these $35, your choice, By the time I got to the pile it had been picked...
I detest slabbed coins. When I do buy one, which I prefer not to, I break them open and put them in lined trays. I keep the little paper notes...
Nice looking coin. I'd buy it if I saw it as a show at a reasonable price. It has the pleasing appearance of a coin that saw considerable use in...
I was able to contact ANACS about authenticating the chop marks and they think they can and asked me for photos which I just sent this morning. I...
I was able to contact a person on another site who is deemed to be knowledgeable in the area of chop marks. He seems to be concerned that the...
That's what, or who, I hope to find. Thanks for that additional bit of information. I had not noticed that.
I posted some better images just now and have tried to post them on that other site. I don't know if they went through. I still can't find any of...
I was able to get a couple better images and am posting them now.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I registered this morning on that site and am awaiting approval before I can post there. I found an article on the chop marks on the scarcity of...
Thanks. I'll do that. Actually I would like to know its worth as I really don' t have much interest in this sort of coin. My interest is mostly...
Well, here is the coin out of its container and you can see what it is and perhaps why the grade is given as VG. It can be gotten for well,...
Thanks. I will go to that site and see what I can learn.
Thanks, I have started to wonder about that. I tried Googling such coins to get an idea of how much they go for but cannot find any listed for...
Thanks to member Longshot, if one Googles "Collector's Universe, Chop mark coin summit", there appears an excellent article on chop marked coins,...
I found the site by Googling, "Collector's summit chop mark coin summit". Apparently there are a few examples of chop marked capped US bust 50...
Yes, I have seen them on many world crown size coins and on US Trade dollars but never seen them on a US fifty cent piece.
Thanks, I just did that.
I think I posted my photos and explanation onto the World Coins thread instead of this US thread but have no idea how to move it. What I have...
I generally collect Ancients and usually post on the Ancient site but I discovered something interesting when going through my collection just...
I have an opportunity to pick up an ancient coin, viz. an 80 drachmai of Cleopatra VII. The coin, which I presently do not have, (sorry no photo)...
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