Why is it ludicrous? What do coin collectors collect? Coins. They don't want blank pieces of metal, and they most covet the perfect coin. Let me...
I would guess the top is 45, bottom 61/62 IMHO, (not being a gold $20 collector).
Yes, but short of that, (assuming same luster), I like the question. I am probably of a different mindset than many, but I grade on DETAILS. The...
Well, at least they followed the law. If they marked it COPY then its not a counterfeit, its a replica. No intent to deceive anyone. nothing wrong...
Depends on intent. Did they make the coin to pass as a real coin in commerce, or to fool a collector? Then it is a counterfeit. Is it something...
Eh, that is the reason why provincials follow Greek listing order. I would keep them the same as Greek do too. :)
I agree. No sense keeping generic issues with the coins secret. I understand maybe the scammers read posts like this, but good ones would know it...
I understand. That is why we are here. I admit when I see one of these I stop and look at the coin wholistically once again just to be sure. Its a...
Good thing they are not putting better fakes in the slabs. Two seconds tells you the grade is wrong, then another two seconds tells you they are...
Thank you OP. I have been preaching this here for a decade. Toning was looked down upon for decades BECAUSE it can hide surface imperfections....
"Seams" like this can throw me too. Unfortunately not one diagnotic for fakes, because any ONE of them can be explained. The rest of the coin...
I have always semi-hated the geographical organization of "Greek" coins. Its somewhat understandable, yet I collect a lot of oddball things....
Yeah he is mad. He is mad that a "coin dealer" did not know this. Well, guess what, they are not coins! One of the reasons I buy coins instead of...
One main reason foreign gold can sell for less is less people "collect" them by date, and it's harder to authenticate. Dealers are not gods, they...
If for gold investment, all you want is certainty it is real. As long as it's a recognized name, TPG will not matter. The differences come in the...
Heck, I will admit I am jealous of many coins here. @Alegandron has a Shapur I tetradrachm I would love to own. :)
First, I am glad others are telling Donna just to keep it so it's not just me. Second, @Nathan B. , I miss every coin I have ever sold. I don't...
Legal tender is simply what is decreed by the government as legal money. In the US, that includes what you mention. Coinage acts declare that the...
:) Um yeah, there at times have been remarks on the other forums. Like I said, I don't get mad, preferring to see humor in hobby banter, but I...
Fair enough you have personal experience in SENDING them to melters. I knew some dealers who BOUGHT the same coins. :) Many times "melters" are...
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