I doubt Roman coins were struck hot. To make any difference in the malleability of silver, it almost has to be red hot, and the time to move the...
The coin is perfectly normal. Casting seams aren’t vertical. The edge is 100% normal for this issue. Barry Murphy.
The so called expert who did the metal testing on the Black Sea Hoard wasn't a coin expert at all. Barry Murphy
Slavei's, Beckers, Paduans, cast coins, electrotypes, transfer die forgeries etc... all can be proven to be 100% false, without any dating of the...
"A coin can not be validated if it is ancient or modern, unless they come with a new dating method for silver that can determine if this silver is...
Bert, there’s no maybe within these. They are forgeries. Barry Murphy
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I just checked my old emails. I had notified CNG about their coin the day of the sale. It was too late to pull as the...
These are actually not that deceptive in hand. The first time I saw one it was clearly a forgery. A little digging turned up more to confirm my...
All of these, including the CNG coin, are forgeries. I’ve seen about 20 of these year 29 fake shekels. There are a few more on CoinArchives....
I was going through a box that I haven’t looked at since the late 80’s and came across this 3-cent nickel I bought at a coin shop circa 1983. I...
These lines are all in a database. For these Trajan tetradrachm there are maybe a dozen drop down lines with varying descriptions. Sometimes you...
That coin was on my desk yesterday. It was a really nice coin. Barry Murphy.
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