The point of the responses you have had is that there is simply no way to judge what kind of deal you got without first determining both...
Yup. The character that looks like a Roman 7 is a 6, and the one that looks like a backwards 3 is 4.
For most common coins, 2x2s are a reasonable storage method, but the staples should always be flattened, to avoid scratching other coins in the...
With a great sense of personal loss I am reporting the passing of a great contributor to this, and other forums. The passing of Brad Swain -...
The only valid answer is "It depends". There are collectors who avoid chopmarked coins like the plague, considering them damaged goods. To those...
For clarification, since your original question appears to assume that every coin would have a mint mark - from the founding of the Philadelphia...
Worst repair job I've ever seen on an ex-jewelry piece!
Spain was somewhat inconsistent in using large authorization dates, with small issue dates in the star mintmark. According to Krause KM#636.1, an...
Okay, I'll take your word for it. Please define "metitation" for me, as I can't find it in any dictionary, and a Google search redirects to...
Is that anything like meditation?
The Islamic date 1385AH is at 4:00 and the western date 1965CE is at 7:00 in the top picture. Those dates raise a problem however. The obverse...
Well,we know of at least one numismatist there - forum member giladzuc. However, he hasn't been seen here since January.
I don't claim any special expertise on Israeli coins, but after searching Krause and Numismaster.com I don't think it is a coin. The closest...
Someone (who is much more interested in the answer than I am) should try and get the PBS History Detectives on the job.
Check with the ad agency which has the Mastercard account. They might buy your story.
Everyone, including the TPGs, knows that dealers use stickers, so your upset should be directed at the TPG's application of the hologram to the...
C'mon guys. Whether or not there is cheating on EBay fees is between EBay and the seller. What you pay for a coin, including S/H is what you...
It's not just Chinese coins that are being counterfeited. Any coin worth more than a few cents is fair game for the Chinese (and, for that...
Of course! (Mike - other than our esteemed and anomalous non-collecting numismatic scholar GDJMSP, do you seriously expect to get negative...
Bert's been around for years, but his website is much upgraded since the last time I looked several years ago. There have been prior threads here...
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