Today I received what an eBay seller intended to be a simple 90% silver sale . . . I paid $96 plus $5 shipping for 22 "circ" Barber Dimes (mostly...
Any coin can be made white, but you can never recapture true originality, once lost. I think it is that purist perspective which now overrides...
3D printing is not likely to achieve the level of resolution required to make counterfeits indistinguishable from genuine coins, however other...
How do we know she's not on the outside looking in?
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Find work for a brick & mortar coin dealer, even if it's not that close by. You'd be amazed at what they'd like not to put their time into:...
Today's counterfeits are good enough to deceive most collectors and many less experienced dealers. Not all, but many . . . especially those who...
Don't kid yourself. Some commodities traders trade in gold every day . . . if they've been doing it for many years, and made a living at it,...
[ATTACH] Still, I'm afraid I don't know the secret formula.
I always wanted to ask DG . . . What is that blue colored stone in your avatar?
I'd bide my time, trying to not let the money burn a hole in my pocket, and only buy truly scarce coins, doing so opportunistically. The money...
The Dollar, once considered the most desirable of currencies, is going the way of others before it. At least metals have a globally recognized...
I wonder how they'd react if some decided to fight fire with fire. Then, the ChiCom government might actually feel some incentive to shut down...
Forget the fact that the coins are silver, the guy's staring at $2.30 face and he sells it for $1.00 ??? No wonder America's going down the tubes...
Doesn't look real to me, but faking a 5 cent piece defies all logic . . . even for third world countries. Maybe it's a real coin that's just so...
XF45. I think it has been cleaned, but I think they straight graded it.
Hummm dinger. I can only dream of owning such a coin.
Wow . . . for real?
It should be a very, very long time before 3D printed counterfeits are as deceptive as this die struck piece is, although, I'd love to see them...
Doug, as a courtesy to all concerned, would you be able to remove the content of the diagnostic posts, or move to a private conversation?
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