Oh, for Pete’s sake. Found by a European traveler, and transported under “armed guard?”
Because, of course, said European traveler would immediately think if them to sell it rather than say, Heritage.
NO professional would sell this coin without having it authenticated. Some would sell it without doing any type of due diligence so that they could say “well, we presented it as a possible”...that is completely unethical on a $1,000 item, FGS.
Also I just noticed they call it a mold. Anyone with the smalles bit of knowledge of coins, knows they are called dies. If this were the original cornerstone coin, the mintmark would look like any other s mark from that time.
Some Roseville came up for bids. They were very excellent pieces worth hundreds of dollars and more. There was only one problem with them. They were very high quality fakes from China. I do not have the knowledge Jack has and thought they were the real deal.
When the bidding started at a suggested price of several hundred dollars, Jack stood up and said, “Jack bids 25 cents!” The look on the auctioneers face was of shock. He and everyone else in the room then knew the pieces were fake.
Sadly Jack has passed on few years ago. He was actually quite wealthy and drove around in an old VW Micro-bus without air conditioning. He was an Iconoclast.Jack is missed.