One way to get some knowledge of fakes is to look on Alibaba.com or Temu.com and search coins for sale. A $1.50 coin for an 1888 Morgan dollar can...
Before we get excited new members, let us remember that the weight isn't just static. The mint recognizes this as they do not want to adjust every...
Well, 65 years ago in HS shop , we used permanent ink ( seemed always black back then) to write our initials and chair #on copper tubing and put...
Sorry, this threw me off. Jim
It is not a DDO. This was the year the US entered WW2 Most available men were drafted, metal could not be waste on anything other than War. The...
Perhaps possible residue from thin copper plating to sell, that eventually most of it wore off in the 80 years. Jim
Wheelz, Since all you show are 1943 cents, which were made as steel with a zinc outer plating. And since there was no copper 1943 cents,...
100% acetone, evaporates 100%, entirely. As said above, add water and you really mess things up. The idea that acetone alters copper coloration is...
I seem to recall an article that the die in those years had the central items, Lincoln and wheat transferred by a central image "master die", so...
As to the weight of the coin, does your scale have zeroes after the decimal. such as 3 g ( no zero) , 3.0 g, or 3.00 g, etc. The more zeroes...
I read that as a "Collection" of all of the state set over possibly all of the issue years. The price of the single illustrated coin appears to be...
Gold and silver is of course a good basis if the area is civil to each other. Several weapons ( best if all same caliber) that use the same...
PMD , the mint electroplates the zinc planchet with copper. You don't see distinct lines by electroplating, more granular deposits, IMO. Jim
I have ordered fakes from China before for my own studies and each time the advertisement states in wording that it is not an original. The...
Everyone gets their own explanation over time For me, an "Error" is when a step in the process of making or placing dies on presses is altered due...
So the oddity was placed on the dies by unknown personnel either of the mint or ghostly invisible workers. These DDOs or DDRs then are not...
A blessing on your head !!!!!
I agree! but if a person keeps trying, sooner or later someone maybe will buy it. The photos are not very good, but it does have the fake shine as...
2 definitions: How do surety bonds work? How does a surety bond work? At its simplest, a surety bond requires the surety to pay a set amount of...
"Seeing familiar objects or patterns in otherwise random or unrelated objects or patterns is called pareidolia. It's a form of apophenia, which is...
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