If it is rare and valuable (or from a major big name collection) it's stacking friction, if not it's wear. :)
I'm not sure why you blame Congress, they can only vote on bills that have been proposed. Yes they have mandated certain designs but usually only...
According to the Jun 27th Coin Word article the silver medal with the same design is still a go.
Well I've been playing with early copper for 33 years. I hope I know something about it by now.
From reading what is claimed to be a email from Larry, it seems Larry is saying the OP has changed his story multiple times. He is also saying...
Ancients and hammered are probably easier to counterfeit because every genuine coin is different and a multitude of dies were used (often not by...
They can only write it off if they also include it as income. And if you replace it with more than you take is it still stealing?
Did you notice they increased the weight to an oz and raise the denomination from $75 to $100? Now we will have three one oz gold coins a $50...
Duh, I looked at the close ups of the lamination on the reverse and saw the 1984 D on the avatar and thught the op coin was an 84.
On the NGC forum it was reported that someone got the Product unavailable notice at 12:10. Yep they went quick. Only faster sell out has been...
Just off hand the only piece I can think of that might have a figure confused for Moses would be the St Patricks fathings (A standing obviously...
I can't tell form the images if it is a delamination error or a split plating bubble error. If the split goes down into the zinc core it's a...
True but since the quarters have a weight tolerance range, you don't know what the coin weighed before plating, also the weight of the plating is...
If you don't have the authority to step in a force action public shaming/embarrasment works better than just about anything else. And what might...
He had a display table at the Cincinnati show last weekend with a few contemporary counterfeit barber dimes struck in copper.
I like that, public shaming.
The leather conforms to the surfaces of the coin and then the hammer blows are distributed evenly to the entire surface instead of just flattening...
I could see them being valuable IF you also have copies of mint documents that mention them and describe them well enough to be assured that the...
Yes China is our largest non-domestic creditor. But something like 68.1% of the debt is owed to to people and programs right here in the US. Yes...
I'm not really up on iPad equipment but it looks like you can get a USB to iPad adapter on Amazon for about $8.
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