It's best just to send it in with other coins just to save on the postage charges. Just for simplicity purposes make it the first or last coin in...
I can't comment on a specific coin as to why it was returned as a no-grade without knowing which coin it was. It's could have been due to...
The coin posted by Severus Alexander is a modern forgery IMO. Barry Murphy
Both of these coins have original "real" dirt, not applied sand. Both will grade without comment. Barry Murphy
kolyan760, please read the previous comments. Barry Murphy
Not double struck or a double portrait. Encrustation on cheek and a flan void at the forehead create the optical illusion that there are two...
Just for fun I checked the date the Claudius was holdered and it was September 2011. The last time sand patina was used on a label as far as I can...
[ATTACH] Richard, Im glad the coin was returned to the consignor and not sold. Just a semantic question though.... withdrawn suggests it was...
The 16.78 might have been a typo.
That's funny pprp, I did the exact same thing this morning. Couldn't come up with anything. Barry Murphy
After close study, I am convinced that coin# 4 from the current Nomos sale is the host coin for this series of forgeries. This coin has a clearly...
most of the time it doesn’t ruin a coin. It’s normally applied with elmers or other water soluble glue and washes off quite easily. You never know...
The first 3 coins are clearly fake. The last may be the host or it’s fake as well. I am leaning towards it being the host but want to study it...
There are 1000’s of fakes on CoinArchives and ACSearch. have fun marking them all. Barry Murphy.
That’s about 8-10 years old. We don’t use that term anymore and haven’t in about 6 years. Barry Murphy.
We don’t use the term “sand patina”. repatinated we do use if it’s obvious but not to egregious and doesn’t appear to be covering up repair or...
That one is fake as well. Barry Murphy
Eadmund. Fredard moneyer. Uncertain mint probably in East Anglia. North 697; SCBC 1106 Barry Murphy
The original coin in this discussion is a modern forgery. Barry Murphy
The return on the chain cent is only 7%/year. Good but not spectacular. Stocks would have done much better. Barry Murphy
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