it is so common because it was used in foreign commerce and so foreign banks held it as a bullion reserve (when such a thing was required) and so...
ok, I had to remove 4 additional posts and the thread is now closed.
I just removed 75 posts from this thread that had nothing to do with the subject at hand and wasted nearly an hour of time I could have been...
ok, enough. This thread has run its course and seeing as the OP had his desire for information fulfilled and has said that the thread need not...
Agreed, this is not going to be allowed to be personal. This is a terrific idea for a competition, but if it becomes personal or nasty then those...
The PRWE forum. If you do not have access, just ask Doug for it and you can get access.
they got VG money for it, so either they cheated someone out of more than a grand or they got cheated by the buyer. I'm gonna guess it is the...
I asked the seller if they would send it to NGC for me if I won it and they declined. They reiterated it was real and called the "plastic...
I agree with Jason on this so I will answer for him. The most obvious spot is in the right obverse field between the back of the cap and the T...
to the detriment of your collection, I'm sure.
Enough on whether blue collar labor is better than white collar. That is a topic totally irrelevant to coin collecting. Keep this thread on...
I believe this coin to be fake. I think it had the word copy on it in the reverse left field (from the O of ONE to the N of UNITED). It looks...
are you saying that you believe you have learned all we can teach you? You're naivete is showing.
I think you overpaid. An AU cleaned coin is worth about $100 based upon recent Heritage results for similar coins.
This is not true. You know me and I have heard of and respect them. They are usually more conservative than NGC and PCGS. ICCS is definately...
which one is cheaper?
I would imagine that an offer of 50% of trends is likely to be a fair offer on many things. Very few dealers have the absolute rocks it takes to...
agreed
I close that thread for a reason, LET IT GO! Do not bring it up in any other threads!
I am not concerned by those marks. I think they are consistant with a coin this worn. If the fields looked worse then I would be concerned or if...
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