@tartanhill these are in fact faked - not a matter of per-unit value, but rather a volume thing. They are popular and sell well, that is why I...
Can we get a look at the edge?
Going to abstain from positive identification as per the judicious comment by DonnaML, but will say, looks wrong to me.
Libertads both silver and gold bring surprising premiums these days. Definitely worth more than spot, but I also would not necessarily trust that...
Agreed with SteveInTampa
Looks like a minor ink smudge - the serial numbers seem to have been well-inked, and a bit of damp surplus got displaced upward. It is minor, but...
There have been some 'superfakes' of these turning up recently in correct alloy, but with discernible die diagnostics in hand. Any listing with a...
The shooting Thaler is definitely a Chinese fake - rims are wrong, colour is off, details are poorly defined. The 8r also looks bad for similar...
@ZoidMeister that is a really neat piece - a modern continuance of the 'False Shekel.' I have never seen one like it before - what are the...
@lordmarcovan as stated previously, the linked example is not a fake, but rather a 'False' Shekel. False Shekels are ritual items, and not...
@fretboard Just to clarify, a False Shekel and a fake Shekel are not the same thing - the former is a ritual item, the other is just a...
From what I am seeing it is probably a 'false Shekel,' would need to see the other side to be sure - it could just be an obvious fake of an...
Cause congress said so... From the treasury website: "As the United States Mint produces the coins that Congress mandates, it does not have the...
It looks like a now unretained lamination to me... As per before, can we get a pic of the 'bit' that fell off?
It looks like a hammered Pfennig, like those issued in the area of modern-day Austria and East Germany in the 12th-16th centuries.
American EF-45, British VF+, Belgian Zeer Fraai /Tres Tres Beau
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From your pictures, I see a circulation ding running parallel to the diagonal stroke in 'N' - just PMD from what I can tell.
Entry Post - still gunning for the c/m Spanish piece ;)
Not much value, all are common date / mint combinations, and they are all what German collectors would consider sub-par condition. They will be...
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