Hey Vess1, My eyes are bad. Can you reveal the mfg. date? Nice bill.
I agree Jim. It almost looks like an acid wash to me. The coin supposedly was in a plastic holder (not slabbed) fopr protection. It came down...
Jim, I am not sure what you mean about altered surfaces. Could you explain further how it can be real but altered....
Bad "CENTS" of humor. Falls under the catagory of "Don't try this at home". Some people take the advise of you experts very seriously.
You guys made some great points and I feel much better now that I didn't get greedy and take the chance without some assurances.
I was bidding on this E-Bay coin until I kept having some doubts about the color. It finally got out of my range of trust and sold for $ 710.00....
I suppose I would like to get a MS66 or better buffalo Nickel of any date. I have several Buffs, but they are all worn and not full horned. If I...
I have been looking through a butch of Lincoln cents and keep finding a lot of the wide A/M spacing in AMERICA on various dates. I thought this...
Coin Talk Contest Hi ! Kasia, Great idea for a contest. Thanks for the Christmas contest. Hope ALL coin talk members have a great Holiday....
OK, we alll agree that these ancient's of mine are fakes. So how do we determine what's real or not ? After all, we don't handle ancient's in...
This is best I can do;
This is a case in point. I have posted this same picture on the World & Foreign coins forum, but I wanted you to see why I feel some Ancients are...
Chris, I appreciate your opinion. I sometimes feel I am being over antagonistic when I try to vent my feelings, but I get great responses such as...
Aren't the mint sets just normal business strike coins pulled before circulation ?
You are right. The photos even look fuzzy to me. I'll try to get some better shots.
Ya Know, coin collecting is one thing, but whoever saves business or proof coins saves identical pieces that every other person collects and...
There has been some discussion as to whether Ancient coins are real or fakes (re-strikes = Copy). My contention is that some Ancient coins look...
Point well taken.
I'm with you Ken. It is certainly an interesting tale on the tail and I do hope we get some responses in the near future.
AND there is this statement from a professional metal detector searcher; I found six Roman Coins that are Two Thousand Years old right here in...
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