Could be a die chip, but without pics impossible to say...
Many, many of the Chinese counterfeiters use 90% silver planchets for their high end fakes. I purchased one and put it through all the tests down...
Yep... and every few months they pop up on CT. Here's a thread from awhile back: http://www.cointalk.com/t195608/
I'm picturing the local flea market with a buyer coming up to my table carrying a suitcase. He opens it up and sets up his testing laboratory....
EBay eliminated the "Replica" category; however, you are correct... the fakes are now intermingled with the genuine coins. This meager attempt by...
I've noticed that many of the Chinese counterfeiters have migrated from eBay (where replica sales have been banned) to Amazon, where they can...
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The SBA is plated, but my flea market customers love these, especially in a nice Capital holder or similar.. so I would sell that for three...
Yep... I'll be setting up next a table next month as the new season starts. Plenty of coins plus assorted junk that the hoarders love to buy. I...
Yep... someone mentions a toilet seat and immediately the mods have to start working overtime.
Not me, that's for sure. I can picture myself at a flea market plopping down big bucks for that fake. That's the reason I would only buy this...
True... but the problem is most novice collectors, especially those not familiar with series, would not recognize such inconsistencies.
The larger Chinese manufacturers offer complete sets of large cents... they'll even sell them to you in a fake Dansco album. The better quality...
Yep... here's a closeup of one of them: [IMG]
Yep.. I bought a similar one at a yard sale a few years back for $20, but the coins were all silver (uncirculated '64's). All that's left is a...
Thanks for photo comparison, Matt. I consider the current batch of large cents coming out of China to be relatively convincing, especially to the...
Make that far, far, FAR greater.
89 grams of "solid gold"... sure. That's almost 3 troy ounces. Probably just plated; there were a ton of these type of "coins" produced, but rest...
Just ask next time you go in... you may be surprised. In fact, I've never been told that they DON'T have any. So I always get twenty bucks worth,...
Actually he has it listed at $350.00; just another seller mixing up his commas and periods (which is a pet peeve of mine).
Separate names with a comma.
