I don't personally collect ultra-modern coins, but I am also a fan of the odd shaped ones. Older square, hexagon, octagon, etc shaped pieces. Such...
Always suspicious of Azores counterstamps on late 19th century Spanish coins. They make no sense. This GP counterstamp was used on other coins of...
Not a fan of the caraway seed flavor, but I'll take me some fernet :)
Very interesting blunder here Kurt, and that says a whole lot when talking about mid century Colombian coins :)
I feel like I should buy you a shot of some weird, oddly flavored foreign booze every time you see a non-US coin :)
Completely serious here for a minute... but people with legitimate mental issues, who mean no harm and genuinely want to be involved, will come...
This: Being smart asses is what we do best when we can't give a good answer :)
Reading this thread be like: [IMG]
If I am reading this correctly, are you saying we should cast aside the established science around how errors are created during the minting...
Aside from the flat and poor details, the seller photos zoom in on squiggly lettering and damage that exposes black metal beneath the gold...
One issue about comparing them to catalog prices is the grading. People in the US tend to overgrade them, while Canadian collectors go by a more...
Yea it's a modern copy, probably gold plated and not solid.
I totally read the "shifty" park of your title wrong and did a double take. Also, my fandom of Orphan Black won't allow me to vote until you...
Great coin, lots of eye appeal there :)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2000-1-Troy-Oz-999-Silver-American-Eagle-Brilliant-Uncirculated-/321836193711?hash=item4aeeee97af Known fake type, with...
It's a novelty, flea market quality piece.
Here is the only working smart phone scale app ;) err, scale disguised as a smart phone at least. You can get the same thing that measures...
Yep modern fakes. Any time you see a circulated looking coin from Imperial Russia described as overweight, run far and fast.
May very well be the case. The odd thing is that some of the dark areas do show, while others don't. This one's a bit of a brainteaser and...
Could have been some residue on the surface that reacted to high heat. It's plausible rather than absurd.
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