Oddly enough, I am having a bad feeling about this coin. I have seen a horrid amount of counterfeited examples of such coins but I am really...
That's very interesting. How did you manage to obtain such a hoard of such error coins?
Wow, that's a stunner. Thanks for showing and keep up the good job, billzach! :)
Perhaps the first thing to do iis NOT to place them in a 2x2, but instead like airtites else I would use a scissors to cut the 2x2 up if the...
The problem is not when you are stapling the 2x2 but instead when you are removing the staples and that is where you hear horror stories of people...
There are edges made even back in 1700s. Those are extrusive text, not intrusive text like current coins these days. And oops forgot to mention...
That I believe is quite unusual and therefore would have a prenium to it. I don't remember seeing a lot of error bi-metals so the value can be...
Good question, I really don't know although I am suspecting that if no grease is applied, it can be possible that the coins can get stuck to the...
monty, I believe it's just marketing. Thing is, if you add too much jargons, it will confuse the market. What's next, counterfeit, fake, altered,...
Not genuine does not necessarily mean counterfeit or rather it could be a altered coin, which is more likely what is in in this context.
Perhaps if you can get a chance to take a photo or even list the years and mintmarks of them, it will be very worthwhile to do so. Some coins...
Actually what you might be more concern of is the customs in India - I heard it's a lot severe there. Do they actually allow you to bring such...
hontonai, the big variety "4" is available easily if you are willing to fork out 100+ dollars for a VF+ coin, which I don't agree with. One...
Here is one thread that is made some time ago: http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=28506&highlight=chess I don't mind hosting these...
Clinker, would you by any chance host all of these trivias on a site? They are quite fantastic.
True price only matters to how much others are willing to pay. On ebay you only need two people to drive up the prices.
Do a simple test. If it's magnetic, it's fake. If it's not the above mentioned weight, it's fake. If it passes both test then you might want to...
hontonai, yes, it's definately "V" scales, it's the corrosion that pretty much ate most of the details of that coin. I actually found this coin...
I was doing a check of the Japanese copper coins that I had and found something very interesting. In general most of the die rotation of...
You can find a huge list here. This is compliation of various official homepage of various banks, mints, printing companies:...
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