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Great eye appeal. I would be proud to own that coin. (View Post)

Cool thread! I have about a dozen chop marked Seated Halves, most are pretty beat up but that's OK. Most are S mints from the 1860s, as you would expect, with a few from the 1850s. Unfortunately… (View Post)

I am told that the reverse chopmark on this coin is that of the Mao Sheng Bank, a bank in Hong Kong and (possibly) Shanghai. I can't verify that this information is true. Looking at my notes on … (View Post)

Agree completely with OriginalDan. It does seem that the popularity of collecting chopmarked coins is rising, due to a number of reasons including the Chopmark Collectors Club and Colin Gullberg'… (View Post)

What a hassle, Dan. But I am glad you were make whole in the end. (View Post)