That old cent looks abused. Ha, ha! Interestingly, I once bought a 1925-S Lincoln cent, and did not even discover it was an S over S variety until...
@lordmarcovan Like you, I have gone through coin collecting phases over time. I collected ancients, misc. foreign coins from as many nations as...
I am not as knowledgeable on ancients as many here, but your lot of ancients looks really interesting, and should be fun to learn about.
You are correct. The store owners can reject bags of cents, for example, if they do not want them.
The scratch was made after the coin entered circulation. Nice photos, though.
All U.S.currency is legal when authorized by congress, so any merchant is obligated to accept that coin, but many people would be suspect of that...
Your coin looks like AU details, but possibly cleaned. I also have an AU 1878 $2.50, but mine is from Philadelphia. I bought mine many years ago...
I forgot to mention the type II also has fewer leaves in the olive branch in her right hand.
As usual, I respect your insights. I think the OP, however, is very new at coin collecting, and is kind of stumbling around looking for help.
Yes, I think I made a mistake. The hair appears to indicate a T II. 1917-1924.
I am sad to hear of that. Kurt Belman here at Coin Talk said he is a 2 time survivor of cancer, but suffers daily from chronic pain.
I want to thank you for that interesting bit of historical information.
Greetings. I also like half dollars. Even though I have been here over 2 years, I am still learning things from people here more knowledgeable...
I think the S is added.
I am not sure because of the color contrast.
You probably have a 1917.
Opening those heat sealed slabs is really difficult without wrecking them.
@paddyman98 also has a slab error.
FASCINATING coin albums!!!!! I love your exhibits! That makes me want to go and get one of each of those albums now and complete them, too. I must...
Gosh, I just recently noticed on the bullion desk palladium is more expensive than platinum by about 6 dollars. I do not own one of those...
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