Ya kinda answered your own question back in 2009: http://www.cointalk.com/threads/1668-joseph-phillipps-half-peny.64511/ post #3. :p
Ok I see what you meant now :)
Wish I really was feeling 1999, because this would never have existed back then and no one would even know who this guy was. :)
Well they better be careful if this crypto $ takes off, knowing Kanye they might get smacked with a lawsuit.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry... or both...
Yes it involves the Franco-Prussian war and mocks Napoleon's surrender at the Battle of Sedan in 1870.
This is also the reason you will not see silver purity or weight listed for many of the Chinese province silver coins when looking at Krause. For...
Wow! A little surprised it got a 63, but major congrats, find of the year.
We get hit-and-run by trolls every now and then, at least some good ol' fashioned comedy came out of this one :)
I've seen a lot of these as well, many times German States thalers as well as the types of coins you mentioned. Yes the edges are usually the best...
$450 in XF is a major exaggeration. $10 tops is more like it.
I'd have to completely disagree with you on all of that. If it's fake, it's quite a high quality one.
If any of these exist on the coin used to copy, they will be copied as well. At least with flow lines we can to some degree tell between flow...
Good question, one better left to the casual armchair philosopher. :)
Well by details I mean the physical details like placement and style of legends, profile depth of the design, even down to the transverse features...
Sadly yes, XRF can be fooled if the coin is really worth the effort to make it pass.
Just a word of advice, matching a coin to a specific variety is not a guarantee of authenticity. The counterfeits jloring mentioned are copied...
I wonder the same, I often report fakes and these high end ones are never removed whereas the more obvious ones are pulled quickly. Interesting...
There are many high end counterfeits of these trade dollars and other US copper and silver coins on eBay lately. The problem is that comparing the...
Some version of the crossed flags is found on Japanese coins, for example early Meiji gold pieces such as this...
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