You might try contacting Stephen Album, he is a specialist in Islamic coins. Just google Stephen Album Rare Coins. (Only financial arrangement I...
Have you measured it's SG? Apparent thickness at the edge is meaningless. A well struck genuine coin will be thicker at the edge than a...
Collectors would know gold coins were worth considerably more than their face value and wouldn't spend them. A great many non collectors were...
No way of knowing until you see the coin in hand. Remember Great Southern is an expert at photographing his coins so that problems don't show and...
From the time period you mention every year (Made for ciculation) comes with no mintmark, every year comes with a D mintmark, and 1970 to 1974...
I'm one of the people who remembers SilvADate. One problem you have with trying to bring out a date on the silver coins is that most silver...
Yep that's the problem. They are both 17th century. Coin 001 is from Emperor Shun-chih 1644-1661 The reverse (coin 002) is upside down the...
I could probably find someone that would believe the story (people are gullible), you find the truck. (On the other hand some of those strip...
And severe die wear. These dies should have been retired a couple hundred thousand strikes earlier.
Which century? I don't have the time to check them right now,pressed for time, but I will try and identify them tomorrow.
That's the key. The problem is when you are dealing with coins where there AREN'T that many out there. Often times yes.
A new one could legally be as low as 26.63 grams. Yours has some circulation which could lower the weight some. It is a lottle below what it...
Nah, impaired proof is when the boss marks the bottle and the maid/butler adds water to it so he won't know they have been takin a wee nip.
If you want completely correct The Presidential Dollar program ran without interruption until 2017. They did make Presidential dollars during...
Where did they get an armored truck big enough to carry 136,925 bags of cents weighing 1,887 tons? :)
Yes, since the design isn't symmetrical the planchet doesn't spread symmetrically either.
You notice the obv is weak and the back appears to be pretty much non-existent. The planchet was laying on top of the collar. The strike...
Right!, I just don't want too.
Well I wouldn't say he was no talent, but I wouldn't say he was much better than mediocre. And like a lot of artists once he got one thing to...
But putting their fake coins into their own fake holders doesn't demonstrate an improvement in the quality of their work. Being able to get them...
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