The first place I'd start looking is 1400's hammered coins from eastern Europe. Don't know why, but something about that first pic makes me thing...
Are any of those hollowed out nickels in private collections, or were they all seized by the NSA?
With terror and much bleating, I imagine. Also, rolling over in graves?
AU-58 here. The luster paired with the general weak strikes of these means it may even grade a touch higher.
Looks questionable to me.
If it was graffiti, wouldn't it spell something or form some kind of pattern? I thought that was the line between bag marks (random /...
The Philippines were part of the US from 1898-1945. US minted coins circulated there from 1903-1945 (and probably took a while to be...
After examining the coin in hand, I can assure you that I saw no other marks that might be called graffiti. I guess my question boils down to...
Here's a closeup that I took trying to highlight the area around the chin.
The grade on the slab is "Genuine - Graffiti, AU details" I do not see any graffiti on the coin, but there are some serious marks at 7:00, just...
NT I also was of the opinion that slabs are relatively air tight. However, plastic is porous, so even if they are acoustically sealed 100%, I...
I've had a good experience with ANACs on some rarer/obscure items (a proof 1908 US Philippines Centavo & USS California Launching medal HK324) but...
I recently purchased this 1854 $3 in a PCGS slab. I believe that it might be undergraded, but I'd like to get a few opinions about what the grade...
During the second world war, we also minted coins for Australia, the Dutch East Indies, and a few other allies (occupied and unoccupied) that I'm...
The 1944 2 Franc coin for liberated Belgium was minted on unused planchets from "steel pennies": https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3103.html
Update to add - I learned that Philip Kerr passed in 2018, so there likely wont be any more of his Bernie Gunther books coming. :oops:
2012 had a different version of Saint George slaying the dragon. Mintage was 250,000 + 5,000 in proof for KM1207. What do you make of the...
The same 4th Portrait obverse
A one year only issue of this pattern with St George slaying the dragon.
Here's a piece I'll call #5: The Cyrillic numeral that looks a little like a trident seems to be a 700, indicating that this was a Peter the...
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