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Probably OK, but agree that R in Dollar does look strange. Probably just a hit.
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Nice. If you look at her mouth, it looks like OO or OC or maybe even CO, and then it looks like two more letters to the right of her mouth in the field.
Also, I just saw one of these coins on the top of the screen selling for $15, then I clicked on it and saw a bunch more for about $10. I thought they were worth more than that? As always, thank you!
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05/30/2018 12:45 pm
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You looked at the "listed values" somewhere didn't ya? Real world is always a whole lot different! Unless you get idgit relatives like mine who would use it to buy a soda at 7-11!
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Nice. So if I'm considering buying a large coin collection, where should I look for price estimates?
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05/30/2018 12:58 pm
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I see the OO by her mouth now. It looks like pin scratch graffiti. Still might be worth $25-$50.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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05/30/2018 7:43 pm
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Looks authentic to me as well. What first caught my eye was the L and ?I in Liberty look tooled to be more pronounced than the rest of the wear of the coin. The R in Dollar does indeed look funky. Most likely PMD. |
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I was concerned when I saw those letters because it looked like maybe it was a Copy coin.
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So I kind of figured out the deal with the coin. I looked at the book it came from and saw some similar letters on other coins. I could make out the name of the town I live in on one coin and the word 'company' on another coin. So something made the 'negative' of those words appear on the coins. The letters are the "cleaner" part of the coin and the dirtiness around it makes the words visible.
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Could this "book" have been a folder where you push the coin in and can see only one side of the coin? Last page is a single sheet with information on it that holds in over the last page of coins when the folder is closed? On OLD whitman type folders where the coins have been left undisturbed for a LONG time the ink in that page causes a slight "toning " reaction on the coins that causes the printing to "tone" into the coin in a mirror image.
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Gary, you have hit the nail on the head. It was a Whitman folder and only the coins on the last page seem to be affected. And the collection came from someone who was probably in his 80's and had been collecting since at least 1972. I deduced that from the date on the envelope of Eisenhower dollars he bought. Thank you so much for your answer. So the big question, what does that mean for the value of my coins? Edited by Joecontois
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