Also, an update: NGC has improved their photography for their slab verification pics. They are no longer as dark. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
not the same coin
All are wide AM
This is a fake coin, recently made in China
Your logic: “The world is going to pot. Genuine coins are too expensive. Buy fake coins instead. Then sell them as real silver because no one can...
Why reward counterfeiters by paying them for their wares? There is no logic in this. Plus you are recommending people to commit fraud and...
My contact at NGC says the slab with that serial number was never reholdered. The labels being different means that can’t be the case. My...
He’s talking about this. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Okay, explain this: How can a slab with the same serial number have two different coins in it? Plus the toning patterns are impossible to have...
I’m hardly an expert in classic proofs, but it looks like an EDS business strike to me
Well, it’s in the Red Book and PCGS CoinFacts. Those seem like the first places to check. I never use USA CoinBook because it is way too incomplete.
That’s because it isn’t the Silly Head. It’s the head of 1840
Here’s an early die stare with bold letters in the low grade: [ATTACH] Here’s a later die state in higher grade. Note how weak the letters...
This coin is a completely genuine 1839 N-8 “Head of 1840” Braided Hair large cent. The USofA on the reverse was punched in low relief relative to...
Please educate yourself before spewing out incorrect and harmful information like this
the lack of contrast in the image softens the chatter on the cheek. I think 65 is spot on
Depends on the script. Seal, Li, Regular, and Slender Gold scripts are easily read by modern Chinese speakers. Grass and running script would be...
My thoughts exactly
You do realize that this thread is 15 years old, right?
With those pics, the surfaces definitely look messed with
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