I agree. If you want a coin of Alexander, tens and tens of thousands exist. I would choose a better example for the money. My favorite is a...
I have bashed the US mint as much as anyone, but wanted to give them props on this coin. My mother passed 7 years ago, and was the genealogy...
Sorry, but I don't like them @Kentucky . What I am looking at are the mouths. I have many of these, of all denominations, (not sure but have from...
Yeah, sorry to any who lost lots. I was underbidder on a few, but had to work that day and wasn't at my computer to pursue them harder or I would...
Just for clarity, I believe it is well accepted that the lepton is the "mite" from the bible. In fact, ancient bibles refer to a lepta in the...
Sorry to say it, but impossible. No collector or dealer will always be able to ensure your purchases will not lose value. I freely admit many of...
Seem like lots of "accidents" all around the world in the 70's......
I vary. Some stuff like 20k wheat cents, other stuff like untold thousands of roman coins. I like group lots a lot, so a lot of my piles are...
Yes it would. It is one of the most common ancient coins. Btw, AE means copper(bronze), and 3 and 4 are sizes. An AE 4 is small, about the size of...
I would call them up and talk to a person. If you explain it will all go into the trash and you aren't interested, a sane company would save the...
If, (and its a big if), they know enough to avoid fake slabs. The problem with slabs is they take the coin away from examination, so lots of...
The reason for the "buy the keys first" advice was that for decades keys went more more by percentage every year than average coins do. However,...
I agree the US was not the last at all. We might have have been the last major country minting high purity silver in the billions. Good list. To...
I think what you have is a "mint set" someone put together. I do not think the US mint made them in 1968.
Lots of coins I don't care for. I understand the economics of modern coins and low relief, but why can't they make collector coins in higher...
ETF has its place. Its a good way to invest in a metal when physical premiums are too high for instance. Right now, when markets are in doldrums,...
OP, there have been more issues than over the last couple of decades. In fact, I cannot recall a single instance where a dealer offers to store...
Doesn't make sense. Faking a coin for just a few carats of weight is not really worth it for a coin this size. People of Apmex have seen more...
Honestly, it is better to determine if its a fake of not by a picture of the coin. Do you think PCGS scratch tests coins sent to them? Btw, exact...
Um, are you sure you didn't just hit a section of imperfect metal mixing? I wouldn't suggest scratch testing, since by definition you have...
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