That looks like a typical contemporary counterfeit from that time period and region. Cast and silver washed. You can see some remaining...
Looks like a variety, at least two other examples in Heritage archives match that date numeral.
Not sure I'd call invading Russia in the winter time merely bad luck lol
Does anyone actually buy or sell these as bullion? As I recall, some of these pieces have been selling in the secondary market for a lot more than...
Twelve bucks for that group is a very good deal, gratz :) It's really sad how many small shops just don't care about foreign coins. On the one...
If someone asks for my opinion they'll get it. Dealer can glare until their eyes pop a la Total Recall. I expect the same from potential buyers...
For what it's worth, I've gotten tons of great deals from this seller gti2 via BIN listings of foreign coins
Interest peaked, can't wait to see the site. Hopefully will be world coin friendly as well :)
Physical bitcoins are a real thing, mainly produced from 2011 to 2013. Some are quite valuable even AFTER they have been redeemed and have no...
There is something there to suggest it may be, but I wouldn't take a 4k gamble on that blurry and ambiguous of a photo.
By French grading standards this coin would be right around SUP, or EF.
You won't see metal flow lines on any modern proofs with the naked eye, unless struck from heavily used dies.
I don't doubt that the coin is anything other than solid silver as it's being marketed. The seller is selling what in their mind is a legitimate...
It seems like a good way to fake proof coins. Sand casting would be a cheap and effective way to achieve that frosted look, thought it is...
Don't think it would be a cast coin with those proof fields, though the die itself could have been made from a sand-cast and then had the fields...
One thing I can say is that ICG is solid on authentication.
There are some foreign coins Littleton sold for 50 cents to a dollar back in the day that now sell for $50+. I always look out for lots of the...
This combination: :bucktooth::troll: is probably the most expressive and accurate use of smileys I've ever seen used by anyone on this site....
That's not 1820, it's this on an 1894-95 dated coin [ATTACH]
It's this one https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4333.html Same design used on other denominations, but they are larger in size :)
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