Was going to mention this as well. Curious as to how the composition of the shell casing cents varies from that of the normal alloy.
I quite love this series. SBAs sometimes feature very sharp strikes and superb luster in my opinion.
Wow. Beautiful coin.
That's incredible! I always find stories about people finding rare or unheard of tokens metal detecting really fascinating.
Hello everybody! This is part 2 to the previous thread I just posted. Here we go! Another of the braided hair large cents: 1849 1C. I thought...
Hello there! I have a total of four large cents in my collection. One 1835 that I purchased many years back, and 3 braided hair large cents I...
Not sure about the addition to value, maybe a little bit. But it most certainly is a cool find!
Machine doubling.
I do not see any error. If you are referring to the grooves, that is just the normal shape of this token. If you are referring to the date being...
Did you dig these finds metal detecting? That's quite amazing!
Also, Largecents.net is a good resource, especially the "Personal Collection" and "Photo Index" sections. It may be helpful first to identify if...
Someone should definitely respond that is more experienced than I, but it looks like a good challenge! Is that a die crack on Liberty's bust on...
Now that I think about it, that may be my definition of the term "slider." Perhaps others have different definitions. I, like you, was not...
My initial reaction was that this was a slider as well, I see an MS-60 obverse with an AU-55 reverse. I would call it an AU-58. Now, with that...
I love those elephant denarii. Looks like I will be saving up some room for one ;)
I am not sure I see the error either.
I quite like the look of the experimental rinse dollars, and I think that they tell an interesting numismatic story.
I agree. It looks to be genuine. Interesting thread!
I would like to jump on this bandwagon! Here is a similar coin to yours, though I know little about it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It also has a very...
Interesting. Could it be a burr, or just PMD? I am not sure.
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