They look like Chinese dollars made out of steel to me. The pictures are shot at odd angles, which is the usual trick to hide the distortions in their die work. The "1889-S" looks be especially off.
And yes, the clad idea was invented in 1965 to please the vending machine industry after most of the silver was removed from U.S. coins. Isn't interesting to note that it was "really invented in the late 1880s?" I guess we can now re-write the history books.
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And yes, the clad idea was invented in 1965 to please the vending machine industry after most of the silver was removed from U.S. coins. Isn't interesting to note that it was "really invented in the late 1880s?" I guess we can now re-write the history books.
Wow, they could not even get the MM correct!
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here are some that sold
and some active ones.
looks like this dip)(*##&(*@&R% has some in the "ended no sale" "sold" and "active" categories. good grief.
i'm also all but positive some of the sales are to give credibility from a shill or friend account.
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