I've seen coins with scratches and even graffiti pass then I've seen them detail coins for no aparrent reason
Also don't confuse scratches with mint made adjustment marks. Many early silver and gold coins have them. They were to lower the weight of an...
[ATTACH] Wish someone had an 1807 capped bust I could get us into the 18th c easily then but here's a little newer one
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Ok I'll do this one go way back!
If you want an early silver coin for a couple hundred etc I'd look at the 1805-7 draped bust halves and quarters I bought a 1807 last fall raw but...
Your cheapest bet will likely be a 1795 flowing hair half. They made over 200k of them and a clean original problem free graded one in g-vg can be...
Thanks Is what I thought but couldn't quite tell from the pics cool thing!!
Very true!! I'd've not been happy if it was my house
A chain cent would have a vine and bars edge just as a wreath would have a lettered edge also they didn't have that type of raised rim
That's a killer find!!
[ATTACH] Here's tonight's.coin porn edition
Matt what's the metal on yours?
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here's one I love it'd be a long time before I found a similar condition clean graded regardless of price s-61 r-4 xf details...
Appears to be a donkey headed eagle
Very cool piece of political Americana I've never heard of him referred to as billy either I've never seen this design!
Could be a large cent planchet also more likely could've been a slug used in the period to pass as a large cent as a counterfeit
Cool period counterfeit!
I've now got 2 old white slabs one coin I'm gonna crack out as it's just too important of coin not to. The other a nice xf large cent is just fine...
Yup I'd grade that details too it has corrosion/ environment damage not too severe but enough for the details grade
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] And for my nightly coin porn I bought this one about 20 years ago raw for like $75 maybe $85 I sent it to pcgs thinking they'd...
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