From what I have found, the penalty is seizure and forfeiture if non-complying items are intercepted by customs. So Chinese exporters of bogus...
Actually, the dealer's offer seems very low-- at least $50 less than what I had calculated from dealer's buy prices in Coin World. But looking at...
Here is what real coins of that type would look like: http://anasen.com/sin/junji/junji.htm
The Hobby Protection Act is the main law that covers deceitful copies of collector coins. Sec. 304.6 Marking requirements for imitation...
The large one cent pieces start out at about $10 each in low grades, unless they are damaged. The value of the Indian head cents depends on their...
A quick question about these counterfeits: There are several reverse designs of the pound coins. Are there any in particular that are being...
After a little more searching, it appears that the Newfoundland cent would catalog at about 75 cents; the New Zealand 6 pence contains .0455...
In the waning days of silver certificate redemptions, they would only give silver granules in exchange for the certificates.
A lot of has to do with perception, I think. I think the rationale is that if people hear that the metal value of a nickel is 6.4 cents, or about...
Based on the highest dealer buy prices I've seen advertised in the latest edition of Coin World, my estimate for your collection would be based...
This IRS has that policy, but the taxpayer has the choice of whether or not to round to the nearest dollar, or use the cents amount. With this...
My guess is regarding the pennies, the new zinc ones look like the old copper ones, and there are a lot of folks who still think the penny is made...
That's right, the ban on melting silver coins was lifted long ago, on May 12, 1969 to be exact.
I agree- keeping coins in the garage is a bad idea. Not only because of the fluctuating environment in a garage, but also because garages are...
This web site explains about the special Minnesota quarters http://coins.about.com/od/uscoins/a/extra_tree_quar.htm
I agree-- that space between the 3 and the second 1 is just screaming "alteration". And the second 1 is bent.
I teach English part-time in Japan, and one thing that I do is give a small bag of foreign coins to each new student. I also have a world map in...
I myself have quite a few George III coins-- a half-dozen slick halfpennies, a couple of "cartwheels", plus a few silver coins and 3 or 4 guineas....
Back in 1989-91, I was buying as much "junk" silver as I could from a coin shop in northern Washington State. They wouldn't let me cherrypick, but...
Yes, by all means, preserve that Seated Liberty dime for future generations. I myself have two or three slick Seated dimes that I bought at 12X...
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