Gadaffi reportedly sold 29 tons of gold from Lybia's stockpile of 144 tons, in order to fund his defense from the rebel factions. It might seem...
Case closed!
10-20 years in prison is hardly a "slap on the hands". plus, this type of thing typically involves restitution in addition to fines.
I'll stir a bit too. We have two different posters who have identically "damaged" coins. We have a third poster who worked at a Mint...
It's not easy to see from the picture but is the line raised above the surface of the coin, or is it just a scratch into the surface?
He made the mistake that many amateurs make - get away with it once and think that you can continue getting away with it. I have no idea how he...
I think that many of you have the wrong idea about what exactly a bnak is. It is NOT a public shop set up for your personal convenience; it IS...
The fact is that the Spanish took over large areas of Central America, slaughtered men, women and children, disrupted families and stole the...
Your explanation is logical enough, but I can't quite picture why the tops of the X would be flat, and neither of the cuts seem to cross the other...
How many of you would pass up the opportunity to own a bit of "Spanish" gold or silver which was looted/plundered/stolen from the Aztecs and Incas?
Is buying coins from the WTC substantially any different from buying medals, trinkets, bumper stickers, etc from the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl...
Anybody???
So, are you saying it IS a Chinese fake? Maybe it's time to start collecting fake Chinese error coins - I have an 1877 IHC with a double punched...
OK, with out the comedy and religious references, what is it with the 1886 Morgan? Is it a fake? If not, how do you explain the "X"? It's...
PMD [Hah...I was first]
Post-Clad coinage If the government comes to its senses and eliminates some denominations and/or changes the composition of some to plastic or...
I can't really relate to your Coinstar stories since the local grocery chain here has Coinstar machines with Zero fees. I suppose the stores must...
Can you weigh it to see if it's within specs?
If no one else is going to say it, I will... PMD
There's a good chance it's a cast copy, based on the bubble under the UN in United, the bubble between the NT in Twenty, the bubble between the EN...
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