From some personal experience, I think if you dipped that coin the rest of the coin would lighten, but the black marks would remain. Basically a...
Its called "style". Its one of the most difficult things for modern collectors to understand. Ancient coins were not massed produced from a single...
John, I would be worried about the weight. For gold coins, they will eventually bend the pages down if you keep them stored upright. You might...
The sad part is I bet, given enough money, one really could get this label made. I am all for private enterprise making a buck, but most of these...
Nice example of the issue. Since its the first instance of the name Christopher on a coin, and my name is Chris, I collect them. :) The gold is...
This is a tough crowd to trick when it comes to coins OP. ;)
Lol, I love that movie, especially that clip. All kinds of funny scenes in that movie. I remember him sitting down at a table, one guy an ex con....
I would agree very eastern Roman provincial. The language would be greek, and some letters are clearly greek on here. Maybe Singara or similar?
True. Made me feel better about my library, with maybe hope that when mine sells there will still be value in them.
Yeah, I bid on I believe 14 book lots and won one. Silly bidding in many cases. One was for a book CNG sells, and the bid price for a used one...
And that is probably the greatest point to be made, especially for newer collectors. A dealer long ago told me, (nice man, already way past...
Let's talk about off metal strikes though. If you are talking about a metal not used in the mint, then I would claim that piece is also illegal....
Because most likely they, and their steel 1944 cents, were errors on the mint's part, and sold to the Fed in bags. Title would have passed due to...
Mint records are iffy in the 19th century, but not so in modern day history. The mint has records the Denver mint was NEVER given authority to...
Its the fact the government DIDN'T intervene that today makes them legal to own. Same would have been the case here. If the government let them be...
Just wondering, how are you "comfortable" its genuine? They have been making high quality fakes of this coin for about 40 years now. It was...
Patterns before a certain date the mint does not have title to because they admitted they sold them to collectors. Errors are just like any other...
Yeah you should sir. If not, all of the "cool kids" here will make fun of you. :) Seriously, though, its a helpful tool to evaluate your coins....
Its a very nice example of the piece.
Hey, mine are very real. Not as exciting as other perhaps, but still......
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