Yep. Back then the mintmark was hand punched into every die so the location of the mintmark varied greatly.
Someone was a little nuts with the wire cutters I see.
Some people might make a dollar or two selling these on eBay, but generally they aren't worth all that much. Albeit, they are interesting to see...
I'm glad you took it as a well natured comment, to which it was intended! It didn't come across to me that you were asking for opinions on what...
Wow! I hope you send over some pics of them fresh in their new slabs once you get them!
Wow those details are SSOOO MUSHED ;) Happy Collecting
I bet with enough searching you can find the other fragment!
I see mostly Machine Doubling.
What an awesome and generous thing to do! Nice coin :)
I concur with Paddy54. Happy searching!
This is very intriguing!!! The lettering and stars are totally off. Excited to see where this thread goes...
Great deal for 150!
Disregard this, I looked and it does maybe appear to be damage! I just threw it in with a tub of interesting PMD coins.
Really? I see no signs of damage, though I suppose it could be just a very slight MAD.
Great pickups! If love to see a photo of that 1804 half cent!
Hey I found this and the top has very little rim showing (if any) yet the coin doesn’t look misaligned which is odd. I wonder if it was partially...
Incredible!
Thanks guys :) I appreciate the help!
Do you mean that some form of damage caused the details to appear smushy? OR just that it's been through lots of circulation.
I just went to the Denver Coin Expo the other day and picked up 3 Braided Hair Large Cents: 1842, 1849, and 1854. I've never owned any of this...
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