Is Butin-Carved Host Coin Genuine?
Mar 19, 2021
2 minutes
By Richard Giedroyc
■ I recently purchased a Morgan silver dollar on which Russian artist Roman Butin carved the obverse in a similar manner to Hobo nickel art. I was surprised to find he used an 1878-CC dollar that appears to be in EF. I weighed it at only 24.6 grams, but considering the coin has been altered
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