Especially good seeing those words when you've waited unusually long and start to doubt if it will ever arrive. =)
No we certainly didn't. check out this temperature graph: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/2000_Year_Temperature_Comparison.png
I thought Greenland and Iceland were named opposite in order to confuse people wanting to go there and bother the old Norse settlers. =) And the...
I agree with medoraman. the style is based on coins going back to the 1600's, but the even rim and neat hole leads me to believe it is from the...
It was intended for novelty purposes. Possibly as ornamentation, such as a Kuchi coin, as you might see on a belly dancer's belt and shawl. The...
After you posted the link I tried it out, and it works very well for situations when you can't tell with certainty if a coin is silver or not by...
The Mythbusters tested this and found that an ordinary magnet will not actually do that. You need some really strong magnetic fields to erase a...
Medoraman pretty much said everything that needs to be said on these. My initial post probably highlights the general suspicion of all Asian coins...
The characters are not actual Arabic, or any language. This is a novelty interpretation of an Indian coin.
I've got a couple extras. PM me. =)
I guess that makes sense why it looks so different and why I have never seen something like it. The price also ended much higher than for similar...
I've never seen one that looked like it had a seam, as if it's parts of two coins stuck together. Yea it is a spectacular error, especially for...
It should be noted that counterfeiters DO make copies of common coins as well. This is very well documented.
Saw this one on eBay:...
Awesome link, thanks jjack.
Very true, modern forgeries can sometimes only be identified by strictly visual characteristics. This makes them more deceptive because...
Yea It's difficult to tell these days. I'm no expert, but I've seen a lot of fakes, and that was the impression I got from most of the coins on...
As Hobo and jloring said, any magnet is just fine. I've always used typical refrigerator magnets and they work just fine. All you need is to feel...
That bright green color and some other features is something you often see one modern coins aged in a huge oven. Look up articles on Chinese...
I think that most, if not all, of them are modern versions with artificial aging.
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