If your father didn't have internet or social media to search it, and if it was gold plated, didn't have the modern tests for it, so it is...
Actually a forum is to exchange information as there are so many different areas to numismatics. Some don't like errors and varieties but like...
Oh my cat's pajamas, Doug is experimenting with String theory!!
It is a non-mint production, by a "heritage" type of company. The Real one doesn't say san francisco california, Most said copy on them, but many...
Brian , All we can go on are the photographs you provide, and the appearance we see. Fred Weinberg, mentioned in the article you posted is a...
Just wrap a wide cheap rubber ( not elastic) band around a warmed slab seam and sit it in the window frame. Of course no guarantee on the outcome
Welcome Rob! Always glad to see more help :)
Most is what is called toning, involving chemical reaction after it has left the mint, either natural ( environmental) or artificially applied....
Needs to be in better focus for me.
It is the same as all of the other business strikes for that year, so only worth face value. Jim
Young whippersnappers!!!! I think I learned that word from Doug :)
I realize few ever sell any bullion on here, but if one was suspicious, I would think about, if in the next few trading days, it is rather flat...
Happy Birthday! More to come! [ATTACH] Jim
I guess the highest quality counterfeit I have seen is the one I missed, I just didn't notice it in my transactions.There are said to be very...
Either, Die deterioration and worn die on the obverse. Notice how close the letters are to the rim, that is due to the die elongating as it...
I believe it is Mechanical doubling.
From the view of the edge, it appears to be chamfered for a business strike, so I would not feel it is a proof coin. Pretty though. Jim
Dillan, you can also see the bottom right end of the 2 under the bottom curve of the 3 on a real one also as a confirmation. Jim
It is circulated, AU at best.
It is a corrosion pattern, no 2.
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