I noticed that crack too, but the crudeness of the letters and overall detail makes me think it is a transfer mold replica. It's way too mushy to...
Is it made of silvered lead? It looks to be a copy of an Indian Peace medal. But the dimensions and weight suggest it would have to be made of...
Not possible to tell from listing photos as the details are very weak and worn down. Even if it is, in that condition, it's not worth the total...
Alibaba is not really a serious threat. The forgeries sold there are low quality and easily recognizable as such to most collectors. And even if...
Unfortunately the only way to make counterfeiting any given thing unprofitable is if there is no demand for said thing :(
China is the leader for cheap, lower quality fakes - that is certain. As far as the best and most deceiving fakes... the line is much more blurry.
People forget that before the high quality Chinese counterfeits coming on the market in the past 6-7 years or so, there were plenty of very well...
Plus the edge reeding looks too good for an old casting.
You might want to see if it's even made of silver. The magnet test is not particularly reliable for that. Personally I think the second set of...
Why do you think it's an old cast silver replica rather than a modern struck one?
Archeologists can date organic compounds, not inorganic things like metal. They can only test the age of organic compounds on the surface of a...
As long as you got the email from the seller telling you a refund will be issued once you sent them back, you should be all good. You sent it back...
Here is another example, but this time the listing includes an edge photo. Here you can see that although the obverse/reverse details are done...
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It's the H in Charlotte only, the H in Wilhelm always has a high bar on both proof and business strikes. Still it's always interesting when such a...
It's not Chinese "straw hut village" people doing this. It is people already involved in the technology sector, who have the equipment, software,...
I'm surprised people would think they are fake. They look typical of copper cobs of the era and even though $3 is a good price, it's not far off...
Here is how the process works: [MEDIA] As for economic feasibility, yes there is a multi-million dollar initial investment, but over time this...
You can also see thousands of them (mostly fake US coins in fake slabs) on the CoinForgeryEbay group's Flikr page...
Your picture may not be the best, but it's pretty to easy to areas that would be worn if the coin was a grade of Very Fine, which are sharp on...
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