This is one of my favorite topics, and very timely for me, as I have a coin carved as depicted on the way from France as we speak. Mine has the...
I have a small collection of these Sacky forgeries, made in Columbia for use in Ecuador. The first one I bought was quite good, but not perfect....
I am no expert on fake Bust halves, but I know they are VERY common. I am sure your friend would rather think that he has a rare coin, but even...
I am sure that you have more experience with these than me, but based on my limited observations, the fakes are getting better. Some are lead...
I see why you are asking the question, but the truth is, just as you could conceivably counterfeit an old hammered style coin, you can also...
The Mint does not (and should not) design circulating coinage designed based on what collectors would find convenient. Furthermore, as coin...
Grease, if anything.
An easy answer might be that no one wanted them. There were millions of silver dollars to be had for $1 each, rotting away in bank vaults across...
Ain't that the truth.
Yup, that’s the reason. Sort of fits in with the whole art-deco or art-nouveau era. If you look at the style of lettering on the Peace...
One other thing....cardboard 2x2s are made in a World Crown size, which definitely would hold a SE.. The actual size is bigger than 2x2 by a...
If you are buying Ikes at bullion value, then I guess it doesn’t matter. But, if you are paying any sort of premium, then I say leave them in the...
I hope it is not a banned practice to give a website, but I would recommend www.smalldollars.com for anyone interested in small dollars (SBAs and...
I am no expert on the magnetism of metals, but I do know that most Canadian coins made today are steel coated with nickel. Not sure about the...
This thread is making me a little nervous. There is no harm in asking advice, in fact it is smart to do lots of asking in advance. But…it...
It might just be something I am missing, but this scenario does not make sense to me, since the date is within the "struck through" area. If...
That spot of green corrosion is a problem. Gold does not corrode. That would leave me to believe it is a well cleaned bronze coin. Not an...
I am a little skeptical here, since the date is clear as a bell. If that part of the die broke off, the date would be gone as well. I can not...
I have a few euro coins (literally, all 1-euro coins) with small die chips, mostly near the “1”. I bought a nice Austrian 2 euro with edge...
Back in the days when it was worth a week’s labor (or more?), it was worth it to counterfeit as money. As we speak, people are counterfeiting...
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