I love to see those old posts get revived. We can still learn from them.
Only the silver coins of King Charles III
This shows how you should NOT bid on an item.
Thanks for including the history on these Spanish kings. King Phillip 5th was king of Southern Italy for a few years, and his son Charles 3rd was...
It's a common last name in Africa, like Smith in English speaking countries.
I't's good that they nailed this guy, but he's a little fish. The big fish that counterfeit all these Morgans are in China. And Morgans are a...
I'd pick them out with my eyes closed, just by feel. :) Clad coins have a slimy feel to them compared to silver.
Clad coins look good ?? not when you put them next to a silver or gold coin.
My wife's shoe collection dwarfs my coin collection. We respect each other's interests even if we don't understand them :)
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How much would you guys estimate the cleaning hurt it's value.
If I was that teller I would have done the same thing.
Let us know what you buy. And bring a good electronic pocket gram scale to weigh coins. In any of the coin shops they will have an excellent coin...
The coin is stunning for it's age. My guess is it was toned black before they cleaned it.
I see cleaned coins on Ebay sell for very good prices.
That explains it. Piccoli in Italian means little ones. Those coins must be paper thin.
Excellent read. I wonder how they came up with the name "grosso" for these coins. Grosso in Italian means large/big and these coin are not very big.
I can speak for Sicily, 200 or more years ago people did not put their money (silver coins) in banks. They would hide their coins in holes in the...
Awesome silver find, a coin collectors dream come true.
It's a "Fantasy Coin", instead of stamping "copy" on the coin they put a date that is way wrong for the issue. However, there are sellers who...
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