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Forum Dad
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Can you tell us what you're asking about? Just looks like a badly worn and banged up coin to me.
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Pillar of the Community
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That coin is super suspicious. The shield and the eagle leg look like someone hand carved them and poorly. Not to mention the missing part of the motto and the excess material around the eagles legs.
What does it weigh?
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the weight of the coin is 12.4 Grams
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New Member
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I believe this might be an error coin that someone in the distant past tried to fix.
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Pillar of the Community
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There may be a slight possibility of that, but I'm leaning towards it being a counterfeit.
Hopefully someone who is more familiar with this series will chime in.
Edited by Gincoin43
06/16/2020 7:09 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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It is a real Seated half dollar but is badly damaged and has been re-engraved on the reverse around the shield and feathers. This is usually done when it was jewelry and something that was attached was then removed. It looks to be a WB-21 die marriage. Edited by Heymikep
06/16/2020 7:25 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bit rough, but looks OK to me. to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Heymikep understands what he is looking at. An ex-jewelry piece that has had a soldered on mounting removed.
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New Member
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thanks guys for all the help. Its really appreciated.
Heymikep, can you tell me more about the coin looking to be a WB-21 die marriage? Not familiar with this at all.
and what about the missing part on the motto? any ideas?
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like a beat up coin, but legit.
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Pillar of the Community
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Maybe not funny, but the homemade shield carving made me smile for some reason.
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Pillar of the Community
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Heymikep, can you tell me more about the coin looking to be a WB-21 die marriage? Not familiar with this at all. You can check out the different die marriages from here, http://lsccweb.org/BillBugertBooks/...ertBooks.phpThe date placement and the mint mark placement, even with the slightest difference, can usually identify the die marriage. Sometimes you do need a little bit more info and the site above can help. The missing part of the motto can be from excessive die polishing, much like the no drapery found on just about every date of the Seated Liberty half dollars. You can go and look on ebay and see many 1875 S Half Dollars where part of the motto is missing in all grades. Edited by Heymikep
06/17/2020 10:33 pm
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Thank you so much. You've been very helpful.
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