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WrhynoWrhyno Posts: 35
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One Last time i will call upon you ladies and gentlemen to lend me your eye. Is this coin pocket junk too or not??

Thanks.

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  • GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭
    From what little I can see in the pic I think it's better than junk image

    (assuming it's not cleaned or corroded, on my screen that pic is pixelized and hard to see)
    Ed
  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    Need to see the reverse.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,568 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Color looks off so I wouldn't try to get it slabbed but I wouldn't consider it junk.

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,585 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't know about 'pocket junk too', but I don't think it is a nice example of this half cent type. I don't know your history with it, or what you plan to do with it. If it's something you got for free or very cheap, then it's fine to own as an early US coin and a conversation piece. But nice XF examples of this type are readily available for less than $100, so keep this in mind if this coin is something you are thinking about buying.
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  • DRUNNERDRUNNER Posts: 3,884 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A nice piece of history. Hard to tell much about originality from the image, but seems around VF-25-30 to me and a nice example of the Classic type.

    Certainly not 'junk', but as mentioned, it is possible to duplicate this piece with superb originality without much trouble.

    Drunner
  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I measured it on my screen and it's almost 6" in diameter. Way too big for a half cent.

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  • AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,370 ✭✭✭✭
    Not junk. Here is a cropped picture:

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  • WrhynoWrhyno Posts: 35
    Here is the back side of the coin.

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,236 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Definitely NOT junk... I'd say around VF (20-25). The color looks a bit stange to me though. ... posibly from an old cleaning.

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