I actively seek out fakes and counterfeits as some of you know. I havent found any mentioned in op's post but am always on the lookout for them....
Well that is why I am cynical. I treat every business as it is. A business. I dont care what you are. Dentist, lawyer, plumber, it's all just...
Money. Power. Two sides of the same coin.
Isn't that the point of any recount? Money.
Eh not too much. There was a bit of color premium. I like it and am not looking to make a profit on it. Im slowly adding Ikes to my collection...
Alright let's do this. [ATTACH] This picture is a bad lighting job and poorly represents this coin. I was messing around with lighting trying to...
Well somebody scored. I wish I could find more sellers like this.
It is post mint damage. It was worn down after the mint and then attempted to cut in half??? Point is, this would not have come from the mint....
You've got to be kidding. You are the buyer right?
Well since my photography is sub-par here is the seller's pic of the obverse. Not much better than mine but maybe a different perspective. The...
No it has some hits. Typical of an ike
Ok new proposal: We all get flights to Vegas and then meet up at a bar and settle this argument once and for all in person over a lot of...
Im just the opposite. If it's cheap enough, like dirt cheep, I will go in on it, knowing well that it is fake. Like this one. I knew i wanted it...
Here are a couple of pictures showing some lines, some raised, going around the edge [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Combination of some spears on the plastic and then it's like the toning smeared across the cheak. No abrasions or hits though.
Last coin of 2016 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Another 1833 Davignon 1-A Sniped at 23 bucks on Ebay so had to have it [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I still havent ruled that out completely. It isnt very crude. CC's were meant to blend in and not to be looked at real hard. Modern fakes have to...
I think it is fascinating. Like I said maybe the cast was made from an authentic example? But then some tooling went into it. Then there is the...
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