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also close to full red

 Originally Posted By: nwcs Looks like a token to me. Same here.

I Love the Buffalo Gold , Jim

Hi, Erika! Welcome to the neighborhood. First of all, if you are considering removing the coins from the jewelry, I'd advise againast trying to do it yourself if the coins are, as you say, soldered into the retainer. You may do more damage to the coins in doing so. Even if, in fact, the retainer is soldered in place just to hold the coin and the solder is not contacting any surface of the coin, itself, you must still use extreme care to...

I agree the lincoln reverse looks incused. You cannot have a dime on a cent planchet, but you can have a cent on a dime planchet.

 Originally Posted By: pendragon1998 It's hard to say from the photos, but is it possible someone sandwiched a dime between two cents and hit it with a hammer, followed by some degree of corrosion or plating? That's what I think. Looks like a "squeeze job" where a dime was sandwiched between two cents, pressed together in a vise, and the imprint of the cents was left on the dime.

Did I mention the Doritos consumed just prior to thumbing the coin ?

Two very high end SMS coins for my Roosevelt set!! Both NGC MS68 Ultra Cameo!!

Thanks to the boys at CRO. This is a NEWP. Text below by CRO. This coins slays me. Posted this ATS as well. MJ 'Trumpet in Eye Socket' Conder Token Halfpenny. MS66 RB [NGC] Middlesex-Shackelton’s, D&H-478A. An incredibly high grade token, with about 25% faded mint red and nearly perfect prooflike surfaces. The obverse depicts the bust of a man with the legend, “WE NE'ER SHALL LOOK UPON HIS LIKE AGAIN.” The reverse depicts...

 Originally Posted By: BillJones Although it is viewed as a very common date, which it is, I've found that more than a few of them were very marked up and often over graded in the slabs. Since these are viewed as "generic gold" the slab companies have not always been fussy about the grades because these coins are "made to sell to investors." Yours looks to be one of the attractive exceptions, Bugman. Thanks...