Thanks for the info.
I'm not familiar with that.
Wow! They are getting much better. This one would have probably fooled me.
My suspicion is that whatever creates the toning/corrosion the fastest is used. But the old method of doing so was to just place it in the bottom...
Berrys, leaf positions, stems, etc. [ATTACH]
One thing which you will probably find is that creating a surface level of corrosion after tumbling is quite easy on copper, which is a much more...
The diagnostics of real Large Cents can be found in Breen's Encyclopedia of Large Cents, Sheldon's Penny Whimsy and William C. Noyes works. The...
Just for those who would like to see it, this is the Reverse die from the same manufacturer used on the coin in the OP. [ATTACH] OK! Technically...
Thank you for your often thankless efforts.
I was almost fooled by a fake by the same manufacturer and another poster provided a link to his "coins." I knew a fake was probable, but the link...
I was attempting 12 step humor.
Pardon me. but it looks like you're just trying to justify overpaying or overpricing coins. We've all done that. But the first step in your...
I'm disappointed in both the seller and eBay for not removing this coin or at least labeling it as a fake after two contacts each. It is...
S-176 R4 S-157 R2 S-184 R2- S-166 R1 Oddly enough, I don't have any of these, but I usually only get below 4+ rarities by accident or rare or...
Another scuzzy pickup of a common variety S-241. But I think this might be a new later die state VI: SUBJECT Obverse [ATTACH] COMPARISON V...
And now a word from our scuzzy finds:$24.94 [ATTACH] Comp from Holmes [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Comp from Holmes [ATTACH] This is my second S-156 R5+...
This is indeed a scuzzy find, but the price is right. I'll let anyone interested try to attribute it first and I'll follow up later. Seller's...
After reading Breen, he believed the S-216 used the same obverse AFTER being used on the S-221 and After being drastically reground causing loss...
Lovely Coin of my father's birth year.
1796 NC-4. I initially thought it was another S-99. I often find varieties in pairs and I thought it had happened again. But it actually sold as...
Separate names with a comma.
