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Valued Member
United States
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these coins were sold to me cheap by an antique shop because we werent even sure if they were coins. this coin has a very mottled texture. it looks almost as if its sprayed with sparkly silver spray paint but its actually just the weird etching.   its much easier to see in the pic than in real life that at just the right angle you can clearly see the seated figure.  at first I thought this coin was a rusty washer lol. it seems that someone drove a nail through the coin. you can tell by way the hole looks like it was repeatedly bashed until it poke thru.  while trying to do a crayon rubbing I realized that you can clearly see the eagle with its head turned to the left.  why would someone do this to these coins!?!? why am I always attracted to the worst condition coins I can possibly find?!?! why dont I ever buy the good ones? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would say that perhaps some children got ahold of these with some idle time on their hands.  Edited by oih82w8
04/26/2012 9:30 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Check their weights. I would not be surprised if they turn out to be counterfeits.
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Valued Member
 United States
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the story is my friend's girlfriend's grandfather/hoarder died and they cleaned out the house.
they then opened an antique store to sell all of his hoarder stuff.
i was buying a bunch of other coins so they might have even thrown these in for free. they are not attracted to even a high powere rare earth magnet.
i actually have one more thats worse but I suspect it to be an aluminum tag.
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Valued Member
United States
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Some people nailed coins to buildings for good luck, so your guess is probably correct on that one. The other looks like it's spent a good amount of time underground.
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 United States
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I'm with conder. They appear to have that soft, cast appearance of pot metal or some other soft metal.
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United States
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My guess is these are ground-finds. (I.E., buried for quite a few years). The mottled and corroded look seems to fit for me. The finds were obviously cleaned after their discovery. Again, IMO. The second appears to be the reverse of a Seated Liberty half dollar (IMO). Thoughts?  Edited by Moe145
04/27/2012 12:03 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I can make out a date on the first one, 1874, looks like stars ringing the central figure, which I can also just make out in the first picture, so I'd say Seated Liberty half for that one.
I can only hope they were found underground. To think of their condition (nail hole notwithstanding) being intentional is heartbreaking.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I think they're both Seated Liberty coins. The first one is probably a dollar, that looks like a dollar-sized holder. The second one, I'm not sure of the denomination. Who would do this to such beautiful coins?! They look like they may have spent time in acid, not sure if acid would affect silver though. |
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United States
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I do not know what is wrong with them.I agree with oih82w8 I think that kids got their hands on them
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Valued Member
United States
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they are both the same size .50cent seated liberties. they do not stick to a high powered magnet and my metal detector says nonferrous. i plan to buy an acid testing kit on ebay to see if they are silver. |
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United States
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Moe--showing off again!!!!  I always heard the coin was nailed to a wall when people put an addition to the house or when they moved into the house Retired USAF 1983-2003
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04/27/2012 5:11 pm
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