But your not on dial up like Speedy-
Coin of the day 8/1/08 Here is a 1787 Fugio Cent- This is a cast piece with the apparent surface bubbles or porosity from the casting . There...
To an extent- If a coin is altered with intent to pass it off as something it is not than it is a counterfeit in my opinion. coun·ter·feit...
Great question- Its hard to say but it appears that this one was added with a touch of solder- I also think this mint mark was taken off another...
Coin of the day 7/31/08 Here is a key date 1913-S Barber quarter- The coin had a mint mark added to it. I have provided some pictures - The last...
It was gold plated for some type of promotional purposess - or made that way for a set that was old on TV or something - It is not authentic & is...
Here is the response from the seller after I asked him about the coin- "This is the way the coin came in my shop in an old album, along with...
The coins in the flips I did put in - the rest of the coins are just dumped from our dwindling drum of wheat cents- Believe me ,Im a salesman...
LOL ! That picture is from 8 years ago .At the time it was more akin to the guy from Fight Club.
Spock,are you messing around or possibly not seeing the coins correctly? I'm sorry to have to actually ask but that would truly be unheard of.I...
The only reason they look different is due to the lighting in the Heritage picture-
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I think that it is the same coin - I took the NCS one & put it on the right side of the OP's Look at the spots I highlighted-
My 9x Zeiss loupe - held up to the camera at 4.5 zoom-
Conterfiet??? CPH I found this post on "Conterfiet??? CPH" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Coin Talk Thread of the Week...
Counterfeit of the day 7/29/08 Here is an 1801 draped bust dollar- Besides the weight & sound of the coin being wrong there are some other...
Coin of the day 7-25-08 1928 $2.5 gold Indian Quarter Eagle This one should be a bit more obvious- The coin has a weakly "struck" appearance & a...
Here is a portion of my library-:smile My 1st edition Overton book is at home-:cool:
Coin of the day 7-24-08 Here is a 1926 $20 St.Gaudens that is not authentic. Besides the terrible strike (no detail in the head/hair ) ,there...
Yes ,it was - & it was purchased only for the value of the gold that is in it.
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