I heard about something similar a while back, but had forgotten. Thanks for the reminder. I've also heard that there are some chemicals that...
Thanks - that one was driving me crazy. And the picture bashing was less than helpful. Why does it have the date 2099 on it? It appears that it...
I'd say it's worth a buck or two as a fake. It would make a great example piece for the class on Coin Scams that I'm teaching at the Plano Rec...
Interesting. Some of the early 20th century Australian coins have very odd prices in the Krause catalog.
Any experts on Mexican medals feel like weighing in on this?
Anyone hear of Mae Bozi's Tavern? I haven't had much luck digging for it on Google, but was thinking it might be worth hitting old newspaper...
Thanks - it's up there with Tibetan silver on the 'misleading name' scale, right? I've also run into jewelry stamped "XXk Italy" (ie 18k) that is...
I'm in the Dallas area too (Plano). Maybe we can meet up and search together some time. My detector is a piece of junk, but you never know what...
Just because the seller doesn't offer returns doesn't mean that a buyer is SoL. eBay warranties against fraud, and there would be a good chance of...
And thanks for nothing, Taxi. Until I can find the battery charger for my Olympus, my cell phone is what I have handy.
Any idea what this coin or token is? I don't even recognize the characters, and the date 2099 doesn't seem to correspond to any conventions that I...
I started a thread on the 1835 Un Sous that I recently acquired before I found this one: http://www.cointalk.com/t220021/#post1606690
Bumping this - what are the scams that you've run into? I've recently read about tungsten carbide being passed off as gold (especially when gold...
I will try and post better pics. What is the name of your reference book?
Hasn't every issue of Platinum coinage been authorized by Congress in the past? If Congress refuses to raise the debt ceiling, I don't see them...
In the future, you may want to use BabelFish or Bing Translator: http://www.bing.com/translator/
Since this coin is in well circulated condition (G4 to VG8, I would guess), and the varieties are tricky to tell apart even in high grades, I've...
713/C13 Large "&" Variety:
713/C12 Short Stem Variety:
713/C11 Broken Stem Variety:
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