For a "coin" that size, I think it should be called a "slug" or "super slug." Seems fitting.
Sorry for the duplicate images! I was having trouble uploading, and then **kaboom***
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I think it really comes down to taste, and if the price is reasonable. Personally, I lean towards the older stuff, myself.
Here is a link to the ANACS certified 1875 CC Trade Dollar fake...
Whoops! sorry that was another scary fake!
A scary fake Trade Dollar, graded by PCGS, was recently reported on the PCGS US coins forum. It's a fake 1878 CC, which is scarce to begin with,...
The fakes get better and better. There is a thread on the PCGS forum now about a very deceptive 75-CC TRade Dollar
Nice! agree-55 to 58-- don't see any reason why it shouldn't straight grade.
Fake without a doubt. here is my 1800, a bit worn, but real: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Really nice coin and one of my favorite designs.
The Richmond Coin Club held the spring edition of their semiannual show this past week (thursday through saturday). I was only able to go on the...
When I lived in Northern Va. I walked the Antietam battlefield several times. To look at Alexander Gardner's photographs taken shortly after the...
Thanks for the report. Reading some dealers' reports, most had a very good show.
Very close to 40!
I probably should have included grades, the half is MS63, the dollar MS65, and the quarter eagle is MS64 CAC.
Love the toning on your half!
My wife may have a thing or two to say about that! Still.....
Never seen a counterfeit of the half dollar!
A nice example! Those open fields are magnets for hits and I really don't see anything very distracting.
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