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Grand canyon on the back of this 1807 half

DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,271 ✭✭✭✭✭
I kinda got excited about the front of this coin and thought it might be worth a bid..... then I looked at the reverse. image
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  • OUCH!image


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  • Without checking the link ......that looks like something Ernie would sell.


    Nawp ...wrong this time.
  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,271 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why does every picture that "Ernie" puts up have a washed out, grey appearance? Is that intentional? I can never tell what his coins really look like.
  • rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,626 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Holy staple scratch!!!!!!


    P.S., "Ernie" uses a flatbed scanner to photograph his coins, giving the coins a lifeless look. I know this because I have a scanner that makes identical washed out images.
  • ARCOARCO Posts: 4,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    - In my Marsha Brady voice - Ernie, Ernie, Ernie. image
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>P.S., "Ernie" uses a flatbed scanner to photograph his coins, giving the coins a lifeless look. I know this because I have a scanner that makes identical washed out images. >>



    Exactly. Me too, in the past.


    Ow.

    That's worse than a staple scratch. Looks like a knife wound. image

    (Maybe the coin was dug by a detectorist, and it IS a knife wound. Sadly, that happens sometimes when you're diggin' 'em. I scratched the back of an otherwise-pretty 1913 Canadian large cent with my knife once. And I pulled a nice 1916-D Barber quarter out of the side of a hole I'd dug, only to gash its reverse on a buried rock.)

    Speakin' of wounded 1807 DB halves, here's one I like very much. It's the latest upgrade to my vest. (Thanks, granddad. Where IS granddad these days?)

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    (Oh, and speakin' of Ernie, there's one thing you can't fault him for- he often has the nicest selection of holed coins of anybody out there, even if they are often overgraded and overpriced a bit. I have bought a couple nice ones from him for my vest and hat.)

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  • Kinda changed your mind, eh?
    Ilikacoinsawholebuncha
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ouchies! that's a bad scratch.

    what is this, 1807 half day?

    Here's a slightly worse-for-wear 1807, but at least it's an R5
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    O.104, raw, nets about fine

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