I would be confident in deferring to him when it comes to Albanian coins. The matter being discussed here is not specific to any country/type.
The first coin: if you follow the "gouge" line it traces out part of the design on the host coin. You can see similar on the reverse, but not as...
A genuine not-so-pretty or cleaned AU still goes for about 10x that when sold through a reputable dealer or auction.
It comes down to a heuristic matter
Without having it in hand, all you really have to go by is eye appeal. The OP knew something wasn't right, he wasn't sure if it was cleaned or...
TPG's have been around since the 80's. What I am saying is that it's more liberal now with coins that have issues than it used to be. Not making a...
I agree with the main point that more details coins are getting numeric grades now than in past decades, but I also think that the two example...
Don't worry about taking it off the market. There are thousands of them
It would stop the bullet, assuming it's not a magnum or high power rifle. You might have a couple broken ribs, but still live to tell the story
Sometimes things like this are just money laundering. People usually use Amazon for this, but eBay and other places where you sell something to...
You must jingle like Christmas when you walk :)
There really is no simple substitute for knowing the material. But in the case of older coins, the melt value is likely not all that important...
The big problem here is that the coin in question is a modern counterfeit
Facebook has auctions? news to me :) do tell
The first coin is a fake, being sold by one of many accounts from the same Chinese distributor selling various types of fakes and using shill...
Most of the threads I start are regarding counterfeits. I don't mind being stereotyped based on that because that is where most of my numismatic...
I don't see this as an endorsement. More of an observation of what goes on and human nature in general.
Is it just me, or is it any time there is a thread with the most recent comment by either books or rich, and it has 2 or more pages, you could bet...
Gives a whole new meaning to the common phrase for suspicious coins: "something stinks"
My first impression was polishing with a fine material. There is some metal displacement and obvious uniform hairlines throughout, plus an acid...
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