Cherrypickers Guide only goes cents thru nickels.
Looks like a bad planchet (lamination error) to me also.
I'd say someone is being very silly.
That is a great looking carving.
I read some where ( don't remeber where) that a lot of old coins were holed to be placed on a string of leather to carry them because they didn't...
Nice looking coin,I would have to agree with DMJMSP on his evaluation and price of this coin. If you mean have it graded by a third party, I'd...
The type 1 is a filled s mint mark and the type 2 is a clear s mint mark.
I've got one of them. It is a fake. Got it along with a 1804 silver dollar and a couple of trade dollars.
I believe that they were made as a novelty item. You can get them in about all the coin types, flying eagles, 09s vdb, V nickles, etc....
Buy the color and look is it a 3 in coaster type coin
Congradulations Morgan on the win
That is a nice find for pocket change.
I would be careful when trying to buy key and semi key date coins at auctions. There is always a good chance that they may be fakes. If it is a...
Your 46 there has a lot better strike than the 45's did, but it has a lot more bag marks on the obv. The fourth pic of your 45's looks as if it...
I pat them off with a towel, this gets most all of the oil off. The coins being copper you do not have damage by the towel as if it was a silver...
I have used, to clean copper coins, a good soak in olive oil. This helps break up the encrustment. Also you can try electrolysis to try to break...
A Guide Book of United States Coins (red book) is a good place to get the wieghts and measuments for different coins. They are listed at the...
I believe that it would be called a slider. A bit better than f-12 but not quite a vf-20. :)
I believe that a set of scales would resolve a lot of questions and disagreemant whether they are real or fake
I believe these two coins to be in uncirculated condition. It is hard to say how high a grade that they would go buy looking at the pics. You need...
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