Another thing to always look for, bag marks or dings on the face, fields,rims. If they look too perfect, it's a good indicator of a fake. Also...
This old copper is pretty chunky at 36 mm, 14.34 g. 1753 Brazil 20 Reis, counterstruck 40 Reis 1809. Mintage 403,000.Lisboa, Portugal mint....
Thanks a lot chrisild, most appreciated!:happy: I searched forever, kept hitting a brick wall. The M just didn't match any of my research.
Nice Carr fantasy pieces, so that's what a Morgan looks like with no bag marks! Sure look like the real thing.
Here,s an interesting French coin/History. Louis Napoleon Bonapart elected as President of the second Republic. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
That's a really great coin/History Muzyck. Thanks for sharing. That's an interesting time in the United States History. I always thought it would...
Wow Doug, thanks for posting that interesting coin! Its a real beauty, and What a background and history to go along with it.
Hi All, Just an idea for an interesting thread. I love learning history from coins. I like to research, and learn what the world was like, the...
Noble cause there! Kudos to you all. Wonder if coinfacts would be interested , and let you use their reference material? http://www.coinfacts.com/
Great stuff! Here's one of my favorites [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here's a pretty unusual find. Another by Alphee Dubois. Silver Medal Presented to a French Senateur. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Thought this silver medal was interesting. Argentina Revolution Centennial. [ATTACH]...
Hard to pick a favorite from this years pickups. But as far as U.S. goes it would be this one.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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