• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

James_OldeTowne

Member: Seasoned Veteran
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    16,033

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    2

 Content Type 

Everything posted by James_OldeTowne

  1. James_OldeTowne
    My initial guess was MS-61, but for prooflike coins, it isn't uncommon to see them graded (seemingly) a point higher than one might expect. I've always surmised that the reflectivity tends to unfairly emphasize the appearance of disturbances.
  2. James_OldeTowne
    The OP appears to depict a fake.
  3. James_OldeTowne
    I agree, but when the nomenclature specifically mentions a "paste", then the consistency isn't likely to be beneficial even as a "dip".
  4. James_OldeTowne
    I see only a normal nickel that has suffered minor loss of mass due to circulation.
  5. James_OldeTowne
    As stated, that amount of die rotation isn't anything unusual.
  6. James_OldeTowne
    Fake.
  7. James_OldeTowne
    This is actually pretty cool - akin to collecting Walkers with no monogram. Nice post!
  8. James_OldeTowne
    I have little issue with a coin that would benefit from restoration being "restored". For example, I owned a Pine Tree shilling partially cut in half, and had someone decided to expertly bond the two pieces back together for the integrity (so it wouldn't break all the way), that's fine with me. "Cleaning" is a matter of degree.
  9. James_OldeTowne
    The horrible "baking soda paste" advice was doled out decades ago in well-read book(s), and that dreadful problem continues to haunt us today.
  10. James_OldeTowne
    I guess it's more like a "replica".... It most definitely is not a restrike, though.
  11. James_OldeTowne
    Yep, my fakes look pretty much exactly like that fake.
  12. James_OldeTowne
    Classic doubling NOT of the doubled-die sort!
  13. James_OldeTowne
    It's just a normal, ordinary quarter worth 25-cents.
  14. James_OldeTowne
    The photos are too low of resolution. I would not make ANY assumptions off of those.
  15. James_OldeTowne
    It's just a normal, ordinary dime with damage, unfortunately.
  16. James_OldeTowne
    It's just a normal, ordinary cent.
  17. James_OldeTowne
    Definitely appears to be counterfeit.
  18. James_OldeTowne
    Another vote for PMD.
  19. James_OldeTowne
    It's an ordinary 1909 VDB cent with no special characteristics at all.
  20. James_OldeTowne
    Another vote here for "counterfeit", and a common one at that.
  21. James_OldeTowne
    There is at least one DDO for 1972-S, but it isn't nearly as handsome as for the 1972 Philly.
  22. James_OldeTowne
    There must have been untold millions of these mini-coins made in the 70s and 80s as souvenirs.
  23. James_OldeTowne
    Looks like die-polish lines to me.
  24. James_OldeTowne
    It like grades something like MS-63 with no special features visible in the provided photos.
  25. James_OldeTowne
    The OP item appears to be a game token to me, one of any millions of different ones out there, and made of common (NOT gold) metal.