Because it IS a tradition which by definition is something you do because you have always done it, even if there is no good reason to do so.
But the OP referred, or at least seems to refer, to the bullion strikes not the proofs or the "Uncirculated", burnished pieces. After all how...
Go ahead if you don't mind supporting the production of fakes, or breaking the law by importing into this country
I think (in this case) it's a trick of our eyes trying to make sense of random marks causing us to "see" something.
Flowlines from die wear/erosion.
OK that makes it 1039a, probably the most common version of that token. This is actually a pretty nice example of this token. It has the strike...
Sorry,lost my internet connection last night before I could expand on my last post Here's a link to the news story where they did it, with a...
Intentionally
The English pieces are listed as Conder tokens and are cataloged under Middlesex. There are three different die pair combinations D&H 1037, 1038,...
Depends on the counterfeit. They will slab Machins Mills Counterfeit British Half pence. NGC slabs lots of contemporary counterfeit Conder...
Nice, did they know what they had?
He also has a 250th anniversary birth coin, the 1982 Washington half dollar. The Lafayete dollar is technically the only undated US coin. The...
He and his partner started buying them early for a small premium (a quarter I believe) just as a novelty. They quickly amassed a fishbowl full of...
Only inappropriate if it is an auction YOU are running.
ANACS and ICG used to give free verbal opinions, I don't know if they do anymore. As a general rule PCGS and NGC do not give opinions and one...
Weight, pictures of front and back, is the diameter the same as a regular cent? Most "thin" cents seen are the result of being soaked for an...
Didn't even look at the coin, the slab is fake.
Probably the reason they don't allow pre-1800 coins in the 7070 registry is because the Dansco 7070 didn't include any pre 1800 types. (Although...
Definitely looks like a contemporary counterfeit. They do have some value, Probably in the $10 to $15 range. Not for the gold counterfeits, they...
Your #1 and #2 combined. It was hyped early on, frankly as soon as it showed up, and it was an easy coin to identify. The hype and promotion was...
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