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Bust Half

That's a BEAUTY!!!


 
 
 

I'm glad they finally got him. He was sued by PCGS in 2010 for selling fake coins in fake slabs, so I guess he started selling raw fakes after that. After selling counterfeits for over a decade, he should have gotten more than 30 months, in my opinion.

Not a gradeable coin but it was inexpensive and I have always liked it.

This came from an old member here. I felt special that he would pass it on to me. 
 

I think I have posted this before, but here it is!

Now I have learned that the "Drag File" feature is next to useless. You have to use the "Choose Files."
Here is a Swedish medal in silver. I have also have one in bronze.
 

Here is the reverse of the piece from the previous post. The second set of photos, if they show are the large medal which has the same design. There was also a silver medal in the large size which is very rare.
 

I was born and raised in Delaware, and I have a number of items from the 1938 celebration. In addition to the Delaware commemorative half dollar, there were also a number of medals that were issued at the same time. This first piece is about the size of a half dollar. It is listed in the So-Called Dollars book. Interestingly there were at least some these that went unsold at least 20 years after the event. I bought this one on my fifth grade field trip in 1959.
I am sorry ... I find this site very frustrating. I don't know how to post more than one picture per message, no matter how hard I try.  I have many items I could share, but I can't post them here.

I purchased this coin a little bit ago and did a very surface level examination to figure out its relative value. In my haste, I was able to correctly identify the obverse as 2 (as distinguished by the toothed border and the position of the signature in relation to the border). I also managed to correctly identify the reverse as D (as distinguished by the toothed border, position of the signature, and thin shield lines). I assumed this was the more common 2-D pairing and I wrote it off as a decent example of a common coin. After closer inspection, I realized that this coin is actually the much rarer N over Z variety. The price difference between the two is substantial. The common 2-D is listed in Spink (2018) starts at 3 pounds in fine condition and jumps to 350 pounds in BU. The N over Z variety lists at 90 pounds in fine and jumps to 1,850 pounds in BU. Not a bad little discovery for a Monday night! Key characteristics include the A over V on the obverse, the re-touched “O” and tail like bit under the left foot of the N in ONE. Pictures are below including closeups of the key characteristics pointed out above. Any feedback on the close-up pictures would be helpful. I just recently purchased a macro lens attachment for my iPhone and this is the first run of pictures using it.

SUPER coins all!!
Just snagged this example:
 

 

I'll throw in a little silver to boot!
 
 

Just a couple new Morgan's