Patience my young friend. Many of the more knowledgeable forum members are employed, and unable to spend their day looking at CoinTalk. I'll bet...
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[img] to CoinTalk Tbar. If you are interested in starting a coin collection, first buy (or borrow from your local public library) some basic...
Look at your coin under the highest magnification available to you. If it was manufactured the usual way, you will see the fine line just inside...
A lamination error starts with a defective planchet - the round blob of metal that will someday grow up to be a coin. It will generally involve...
Weight will eliminate well over half the fakes, so it is the first step in authentication of any piece that bears a strong resemblance to what a...
Face value (all decimal coins) about £15.00 (~$28.54) if the mix is half and half. A little more or less if one denomination prevails. Sorry...
No, it means there was such a half, but doesn't mean anything about whether it is still in existence. :D And then again, there might be some...
And mint marks.
Since people collect cigar bands, elongated cents, wooden nickles, and more, it's really hard to find anything that isn't collectible. Would...
The Meiji 28 (1895) yen temporarily demonetized at the main Osaka branch mint by countermarking it "Gin" ("Silver), has a Krause catalog value...
Insured packages are not placed in the PO box. Instead there is a pickup slip, so the boxholder goes to the counter, signs, and gets the package....
Why not? [img] I've been receiving insured packages at my PO box for over 40 years.
Now that's one fine piece of "junk". :D
Without the coin in hand, no one can be absolutely certain, but the pictures definitely show either an acid-treated, or cast, coin.
I've seen much worse feedback, but some of it is consistent with what happened to you. :(
I don't think you got the coin pictured by the dealer. Besides the cheek look at the ear detailthe knot in the center of the wreaththe neckline...
As a grade, "Good" means "Heavily worn, design visible but faint, flat details". If you were using the term in its common sense, you probably...
The coin is numismatically worthless because of the damage caused by mounting it. Depending on date, mint and condition before it was put in the...
Have you considered including information on the condition of your coins in your value requests? Although it doesn't apply in this case, many...
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