The customer who sold the coin to shop is an ancient collector and he had written "electrum" on the 2x2. I should have made that part of my query...
I saw this coin at a coin shop and the owner gave me permission to photograph it for research purposes. I didn't do too well photographing it but...
I hope there will be a proof. I typically do not collect U.S., coins later than 1964 but I came across a complete set of proof presidential...
I like the coin but my preference with coins is to keep coins raw, except for rare, valuable coins. This coin is the "three-berry" variety, which...
MS65, not FS.
Franklin halves are notoriously difficult to grade by photo because take for example the obverse, it looks as though Franklin's hair over and...
Not necessarily. These price increases do not affect the approved or authorized dealers of Silver Eagles. The "Uncirculated" Silver Eagles that...
VG10
MS64
This is a good point, which I would like to reiterate here. My biggest concern with the coin is whether it was cleaned. It is difficult to tell...
Yes, the "perp" made three return visits, selling a few at a time to diminish any attention. The hope was that greed would prevail and he would...
The insides were not magnetic, or magnetically so weak that the coin did not attract when set next to a magnet, especially because of the thick...
Good catch. That was not the inside of the coin pictured. It was a 1995. There were so many I took the wrong picture. Thank you for catching that...
The coin dealer who bought from the counterfeiter bought a number of coins, over 4 visits from the same person (red flag). $1,944/coin. The gold...
Other counterfeited coins included gold Buffaloes, Kruggerands, etc. Here is the internal organs of the Kruggerand. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Bottom half of gold plating: "pie crust." [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Insides of gold plating. Non-magnetic grey metal (unknown). Bent during extraction.
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