Cleaning as in using chemicals/solvents or abrasive materials that leave visible signs on the coin. In that sense, the coin you posted has not had...
I would definitely buy this one for my reference collection, but at a counterfeit price of course :)
First thing I noticed was the roughness in the surface around the wreath and shield on the reverse. This coin is 3 or 4 tweaks away from being...
You can use NGC's price guide as a reference.. Very nice find for junk silver :greedy:...
Bela IV of Hungary denar. 13th century
I love the "gun blue" these coins get, like the one you have (had) has. Errr, sorry for the tongue-twister
That's what they have been doing for a few years now in order to get out of the prison that is China )
I have no problem believing that US currency circulated there and still does. Liberia considers itself part of the US. Even the coin I posted here...
If you mean the 1960's silver in circulated condition, yea definitely just melt. If you scrapped the older stuff then that is a travesty :(
From what I've seen of people posting fakes of this particular type... it appears the counterfeiters did a very good job of getting a transfer...
I never expected to make a profit on it. Probably will not break even either when I get around to selling it. It was just one of those "Hey, it's...
Makes me somewhat sad to see a proof pattern that was circulated (pretty well circulated in this case). I suppose the only good thing is that it...
These bumps and lumps are a perfect match to another example from a Stack's auction some years back. As I've never seen these imperfections on...
Two more accounts: http://www.ebay.com/sch/tchus_lkmure/m.html?item=171560262124&hash=item27f1c9d9ec&pt=US_World_Coins&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc (some...
Definitely circulated. Different standards apply to stainless steel coins, as the wear is much more subtle.
The simplest test you can do is see if it is magnetic.
Been cleaned with the rest of the silver, cloth and abrasive paste.
It's set in a sterling dish as @princeofwaldo pointed out. I thought it was in some kind of plastic slab at first, but you can see it's set in a...
Ask one of the mods, they can certainly move it.
Different coin, I saw the one the OP posted at $800, the one at 80 euro is a fake in the link. :)
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