As with another fake rare Aussie coin we discussed recently (1923 halfpenny I believe) they used a genuine coin to transfer the correct design...
They look to me like giant face herpes
You really didn't need to start a new thread for this.
Just wanted to add: the reason I believe it to be modern is that if the chopmarks are from actual circulation, it means that merchants felt it was...
Any time you see one of these raw, run like the wind. One of the riskiest coins you can buy unauthenticated on the market right now.
Do you have a link to the original listing? I've seen people use a picture of a genuine coin as a way to advertise a copy. Usually says it...
My only problem with this picture is that the decanters on top appear to all be empty :(
Hip hip, hooray! [IMG]
I'm talking about the crack on the bust, the neck. Might be silver, but these are underweight, so you never know.
People say they were reliable in grading US coins. I don't know about foreign though. I just recently purchased two Japanese coins in the same old...
The 5 lire is an outright fake. The die crack across the truncation of the bust is an identifier for a whole series of underweight copies that...
Another thing I just noticed, the Ethiopian coin has the denomination as 1/8 birr, which would be a small coin.
This is a modern fantasy issue. Attribution on the slab is wrong, it's not KM5. Also, the date would be the EE (Ethiopian era) date, so add 8...
26.2 seems too low, even with the supposed wear. The chopmarks are not unusual to find on these coins, but they are often also used to make copies...
I see lots of weak areas, but no real wear. I believe this coin is MS. High points like the chin, eyebrows and cheekbones are sharp.
If you did that would be frisbee skill level 9 million.
NZ was pretty late in terms of the colonization thingy, so being late to mint their own coinage is sort of poetic justice :)
Amazon should not even be a consideration. They don't even have the proper categories for people to find your coin listings, not to mention the...
I see your point. Definitely would not deal this way with someone that didn't have an outstanding reputation and rapport. Unfortunately the guy is...
I always hold the coin above and to the side of my nose so it's not in the line of fire when exhaling. Never had a problem with fogginess on coins...
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