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Re: Tough Lesson for Someone - 3CN
It's an 'altered' date, but probably not intentionally. Wear and corrosion, plus some random damage in just the right spot probably lead the submitter to believe it was an 1885 and the… (View Post)2 -
Re: PCGS Cert Verification update
Any update on the announcement or if there is any plan to fix the auction list sorting glitch? For those interested, NGC has a similar auction sales list. In my experience the PCGS one is more comple… (View Post)1 -
Re: Warning- this is counterfeit - beware!
In the high magnification image there appear to be some very small raised pimples from the transfer process and perhaps some tooling (although it's hard to tell looking at just the image). They … (View Post)2 -
Tough Lesson for Someone - 3CN
Likely an 1865, but clearly not an 1885. Don't focus on the damaged third digit. The giveaway is that the date punches used for 1885 were much larger than those used on this coin. Compare a genu… (View Post)9 -
Re: PCGS 1863 J-299 Cent Possibly Misidentified
I don't know how common it is, but here is a copper nickel cent with a similar appearance. (View Post)2