I think our engravers are losing their touch. This coin is a mess in my opinion.
I think the mintage figures on this coin are going to be surprisingly low, and therefore will demand a premium. Still, only worth face to me.
Looks like someone used a dremel tool with a grinding wheel.
Do people still collect those? My daughter has a closet full, and hasn't touched them in years!
I love that term "currency backwash"... more coins going back to the Federal Reserve Bank than going out, creating a huge surplus. People cashing...
It does have that AT appearance of a Chinese forgery (I checked the "J-man's" listings... almost dead on).... these 21's were so common that a...
Apparently there is a huge market for forgeries (as these coins are... they are not "copies" or "replicas", the coins you buy will NOT be stamped...
Our Chinese friends produce all their forgeries without the "copy" stamp; they add the stamp as a secondary operation, but only if the buyer...
A wealth of info... great post!
TRIVIA: What's a Cartwheel? I found this post on "TRIVIA: What's a Cartwheel?" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "CoinTalk Thread...
Another one of eBay's unenforceable policies: Shill Bidding is bidding that artificially increases an item’s price or apparent desirability, or...
True... I paid $60 for mine (a nice AU) in 1954.
Yes sir... those were definitely the "good old days". I started collecting in 1953... wish I knew then what I know now...
Actually, you have to request the copy stamp... otherwise, you get the coin "stamp free". This is standard procedure for most Chinese sellers and...
I like the the part about "the tiny remnants of copper scattered on the back"
I posted these on another thread, but I guess they qualify as a "family heirloom" since they were left to my wife by her great uncle. I didn't...
The coin does have a really strange look...
Like I said, my dealer is more than fair... he goes out of his way to help me and others. I've never had a problem, I get great deals, and I've...
Wow Merlin... that's sad...
Now, my wife knows I've been back into coin collecting for almost a year. So it took her until today to say "oh, by the way, I think my uncle left...
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