With well over 100,00 pictures, and many times that number of individual dates and types, in the four-volume SCWC alone, some errors are bound to...
My old Red Book has some pretty clear pictures. The "2" on the large date is quite close to the rim, and from the picture it looks like the...
Every now and then you will run across a coin graded that way - more frequently with world coins than U.S. in my experience. I agree with you...
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The dimes changed from sterling (.925) silver to .800 in 1920, and then to cu-ni during 1968. Quarters went from sterling to .800 in 1920, to...
COME ON GUYS. Lighten up a bit and quit assuming that everything is aimed at putting you down.:rolleyes: If you will re-read Pennycase's...
Well, that's why we need some input from an expert in Scottish coinage. The "Crowned CR" is described on some Charles I coins, and a "Crowned C...
"CAROLUS REX', Latin for King Charles. Yes, Charles I reigned from 1625-49, and Charles II from 1649-85.
Except for the "99", from what I can make out, the obverse design is similar to some of the copper 2 pence described, but not fully pictured, in...
Far more important than the raw percentage number are the actual comments made by negative and neutral buyers. Check him out at...
As with any counterfeits, they keep getting better and better, and as people spot what's wrong, the bad guys try to fix the problem. Some...
Now that's pretty numismatically irresponsible, unless you require the person you spend it with to swear in blood that they will never, never,...
Welcome to the forum buzer. Straits Settlements was a combination of Singapore and two other British Colonial Territories on the Maylay...
Krause doesn't specify where the dot is/isn't; but since the Mexico City mint mark is described as an M with either a dot or a small "o" over it,...
I don't think I've said this to you yet Daz, so welcome to the forum. The elephant beneath the bust pegs it as KM#428.3, with the so-called "third...
Their "set" status could be preserved by having them slabbed in a multi-coin holder. I know NGC has them, and I think PCGS does too.
Take another look at his picture. Would a collector with more than a week's experience fail to notice - among other things: the bad fold/crimp...
I guess the left picture is the way it looked right out of the ground and the right one after some TLC. What exactly did you do to clean it up?
I moved this post to the Main Forum because I think it is more likely to be seen by people who can help. What color is the "fuzzy stuff"? Can...
There's also a lot of garbage on the net, and without a basic grounding in a subject - coins or otherwise - it's pretty hard to separate the wheat...
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