In Canada, it is illegal to even POSSESS a counterfeit or fake coin, let alone sell one. That's how we are able to have auctioneers remove items...
About the article on Congress starting to initiate action on counterfeits ..... That subcommittee was in touch with, and got direction from, Mike...
Nice Obv 3. Looks better than XF, but pic not clear.
Yes, the German notgeld took a hosing in the 20's. They say that it took a bushel full of the paper notes to buy a loaf of bread. It's one of...
In my book, British Commonwealth Coins, there were 4, 158 silver Maundy sets (1, 2, 3 & 4 pence silvers) minted for 1859 .. the same number as...
I would be very careful stepping into the scarcer Chinese coin market. Anything that is even the slight bit scarce has been heavily copied/faked....
There is no $500 Somali coin in platinum
If you read the legend on the watch, it says platinum plat .... for "plated".
Your photo is the Reverse and I see no black spot.
"Someone else mentioned it was like the post office offering so many things." That's one of the problems with the RCM .. their stuff IS sold at...
The RCM will churn out anything that they think that they can offload to anyone not a pure collector. They have minted coins of many shapes not...
Here is another listing/availability of fantasies: https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=13429 I should have...
There are a variety of "fantasy dollars" I think, both Ed and Vicky. Here is a link to a set of the 'Victoria types":...
SPP is Sherwood Park Pennies, a geologist that works in Ottawa. He has access to an XRF machine that will give the metallic alloy %'s down to the...
Geo high points and the first places to look for wear are the eyebrow, mustache tip, upper cheekbone, and vertical jewels on the crown on the...
Welcome aboard the site. Was a chief myself and then went to OCS in '76. Rose the ranks and retired in '97 as a CDR. Canadian Large Cents are...
Both coins are very common and have been cleaned. Based on the small vine break at leaf 7, it was struck pretty early in the mintage year .. the...
It is not a "double-die". It has just a tad bit of machine (mechanical) doubling that you have to jack up to 100x just to see it. The RCM will...
Wow! I've lived up here north of the border too long ... I forgot that the old wheaties and Indian heads (that I started collecting in the very...
BTW, the Canadian Large Cents are "bronze", not copper .. they are still 94-95% copper, but not pure like old US cents. They will age much...
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