That's right! My mother, who is alive and well at 93, attended the 150th anniversary observance of the surrender at Yorktown. Can anyone tell...
That's a fantastic companion to the Lafayette dollar, the engraved surrender scene is really well done. Trivia questions: 1) What tune did the...
Fakes abound of this issue, I wouldn't even consider buying a raw one. There's no way to tell for certain if it is a fake from the images, but I...
I am not surprised. Hastily looking through the seller's current offerings, a number of the ones presented as 'BU' or 'MS-something' are in my...
Wow, very nice looking-- MS64?
Nice coin!
The coin has all the markers of a genuine example, but surface condition can't be assessed accurately from the images. By all means take...
I agree- that's a pretty amazing pickup out of a group of mundane-looking stuff. Great find, Toad! Will Nipper must be something of an authority...
The "Deal Shopping" Mentality - Helpful Insights for the New Collectors I found this post on "The "Deal Shopping" Mentality -...
Yikes! that coin is circulated, cleaned, scratched, and has active verdigris on the reverse. Someone just plunked down 1,000 for it.
2 very nice coins, and a connection through the family to B. Max Mehl! Neat thread.
Hi, for those who know the series, those are obvious fakes, but they could fool a lot of collectors. It is against the law to sell them, unless...
Not mine. posted by a member of an anti-counterfeit group I belong to.
I'm sorry it turned out to be a fake! I always hope I'm wrong in those situations. But, you're welcome and I hope I was helpful in the long run....
Nice coins, Kanga- great color and nicely struck. They stand well together as a group.
Nice thread again, Jim. Figures the one I get right is in a series I don't pay much attention to, LOL!
Too bad the obv. images are too small on my screen. The reverse seems to have very peculiar, irregular surfaces along with some pimples, and the...
No idea about the foreign coin; the franklin looks like a proof to me! Cool stuff!
Moldy coins. Now I've heard everything... The only thing sharp on this koin, miracle of miracles, is the CC mintmark.
I forgot to say, "Welcome to Coin Talk," and "You want fries with that?" (kidding!) Here is a thread I started about spotting fake Trade...
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