Use the condom that's been in your wallet for the last two years. :p
Something like that would be a good way to fight fake slabs. You could image a slab/coin right there and send it to a data base for comparison...
What kind of reactions do you get from dealers?
But....but....but.....why not just look at the number on the slab? :devil:
That's how John J. Ford started with Stacks and he ended up doing ok. Good luck!
Is it photo shop or an over strike?
I favor re-design for any coin as long as they don't put another politician on it. Put Neil Armstrong on the dime.
The Georgia Numismatic Association reported that 55 YNs attended the YN programs at the 49th show April 19-21. The program manager called...
I must really be over due for a new Redbook. LOL It's on page 33 2002 spiral edition.
I think the 1960's was the pinnacle for coin collecting in America. I like Seated dollars the best. So, it would be 1840s to 1873.
What does an intern do at Heritage?
The fourth image looks like the casting port. You really should kept it as a study piece. The day may come when we'll be better off trusting...
Here's a real one. http://amhistory.si.edu/coins/printable/coin.cfm?coincode=1_02
There should be something in the redbook on patterns either in the front or back if the book.
I check my redbook when I get home. It's probably in the front. It won't be listed with the federal stuff.
It could be a copy of another repro that was struck with a collar.
It may also be pot metal if it's a cast and just looks like pewter. I don't know what value it might have. Based on the images it looks like...
The smushed rim sounds like the casting port. It looks cast to me from your close up images.
It's looks a bit grainular and pocked, maybe from mould bubbles that popped. But I'm looking at it from a cell so maybe I'm seeing a distorted...
How was it made? Does it look cast?
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