Picked up a small lot of coins from a craigslist ad today. Any opinions on grades for these two? They're both going in my type set till I find nicer examples.
Pretty close to what I was thinking also. Got another 1857 flying eagle in this same lot, which is actually in nicer shape, but it has a big red streak of residue on the obverse which kills it. Not sure what the stuff is, swear it almost looks like a kid drew on it with a crayon or something.
Traded up on the 1868 half today. Traded it and a little junk silver for a much nicer 1862-S. Not nearly as skilled at grading coins as most of the people here but I'm guessing AU-50 to AU-53 going by my photograding book.
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