If you could find a what to produce that look consistently, you could make a fortune.
You are probably right. The serial number on the COA only has three digits. The set is still only worth its melt value or so.
MS-63
Wow! I know how it feels when you find something you have wanted for a long time. Congratulations!
I would urge everyone to read @TypeCoin971793 's article on counterfeit coins. It is excellent.
If the piece could be entered on the NGC registry as an MS-68, there would be some collector out there who would pay a premium for it. It wouldn't...
I purchased this set at my local club's show yesterday. It is a set of six gold half sovereign coins containing a 1980 and the 1982 through 1986...
One point I want make to collectors who buy circulated, lower priced coins. You are not safe from these counterfeits because the crooks have often...
These are fairly bad copies, especially the California. Perhaps the maker wanted to recoup some money out of them by making them "legit" by...
A lot of genuine Type III gold Dollars have doubled lettering. That does mark the coin as counterfeit. I don't care for the rough surfaces on the...
Unless it’s a Proof.
Why are you trying to divert attention from a problem we have been coping with for years? The Chinese counterfeiters have be bedeviling us for...
Counterfeit. The business strike 1877 cents are weak at the bottom of the "N" on "ONE" on the reverse. That's one of the first places to look....
I was at my local club show today. One of the dealers had a couple of fake Chinese pieces that he had unfortunately purchased over the counter at...
Some years ago some one figured out that it would cost you over $35,000 a year to keep up with all the stuff the mint issues. I am sure that...
The mint is releasing so much of this unnecessary and excessive material that it might well continue to “sleep” for all of the coming generations....
The filing could also be the work of a crook who scraped off a little metal before he passed the piece. Clipping and filing coins has been a...
I am ignorant on the subject of Proof versus Mint State planchets. I was a aware that the Proof planchets had special preparation, but I didn’t...
I've owned this one for years. These pieces were not used to smuggle drugs; they were used to house photos and the like. This modification was...
The PCGS company has NEVER SEEN this counterfeit gold thing or THIS slab. The crook took a real serial number and placed on his creation to fool...
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