Coincidentally, there's a "real monster" I don't really have the budget to bid on right now in the latest Heritage world coin auction....
Interesting. I think I found the auction, and the seller's pics just make it look like the Indian needs a shave. Your pics are much more...
Your photo is not showing me any luster, so it's hard to tell if it's even MS or not. I'm just assuming it is and going to guess that the label...
Stephen Hawking had a party for time travelers. He announced the party after it happened. Nobody came to that one, either. :)
I still don't think they're real, but I hope they are. :) Have you weighed them and measured the diameter? Those two things alone could rule out...
Sure it does. You just get some special screening. :P
Good tip using "Gaius" instead of "Caligula," but I would also leave off the denomination and just pick out the denarii manually. This avoids...
I can tell you that's no MS65.
Truth be told, the only thing I don't like about PCGS's site is that you can't filter out GSA or attributed varieties. But, if you're just...
Becker replicas are highly collectible. Here's an article from Coin World on Becker:...
I find that a 10-15% discount is typical. Yes, it does add up quickly!
Well, since many of the counterfeiters probably don't speak or read English ;), I would say discussing it openly is by far the better option.
There are a lot of variables at play here. Just a few are: CAC sticker or no? PL, DMPL, or no? GSA or no? Any interesting VAM? Is it a + or *...
Good stuff. I really like the $2.
I'd buy them with a DC mint mark. But, really, he does publish die diagnostics on his web site, and he's not replicating any coin of a date/mint...
I don't think it's because he believes the coins aren't art. I think it's because he believes they're counterfeits in violation of the Hobby...
I'm not personally concerned with whether the sand is applied or not. There's not enough of it that it makes me think it could be deliberately...
Where do you see evidence of tooling?
Breaking the coins out of the packaging seems like a good idea. I'm paranoid about putting them into the album, though. I'd be afraid of...
Derp, I meant "something going on near the rim around 4:00 on the reverse."
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