Please educate me young man. How do you visually distinguish a gold object from an identical base metal one that has been gold plated? :confused:
Welcome to the forum Juanita. While waiting for one of our Israeli members to respond, I'll just comment that if my religious school studies of...
They're worth a buck a piece. No letter just means its the original set of signatures for the series.
Well Darwin, the reason star bills are considered collectible is their relative rarity. A limited number are printed for the special purpose of...
Please carry on discussions about buying, selling and trading coins in the Open Forum, subject to its special rules. That's what its there for. :)
Strange, the California State Bar has no record of your admission to the practice of law in this state.:confused: Check for yourself.
Welcome to the forum Darwin. I think you are confusing "marks" with "signs of wear". Actually they are two different things. An MS state coin...
Make that two votes for fake.
I agree. This is a great example of what happens when someone tries to "improve" a coin with a wire brush. :eek: I could probably live with...
Those are probably the best known of the ghetto tokens, but I have strong doubts about their authenticity. There were no collectors in the...
Between Disneyland and the Blue Pacific in Beautiful Orange County, CA[IMG] .
Okay folks. The subject has been thoroughly covered from every angle even remotely related to numismatics, so let's move on.
[IMG] He lives in Denver. Maybe I can get my pocket change quarter collection up to date on the state quarters: I have everything except the...
Ask your science teacher for help in checking the specific gravity of the coin. I don't have the info handy, but he/she should have a reference...
Dutch is the language spoken in the Netherlands aka Holland, and the residents are often called "Dutchmen". Yup. :) I would call it Good, tending...
Hi mattman, and a somewhat belated welcome to the forum. That's some beautiful Egyptian silver you have there. My first guess was Netherlands,...
Think about it - the bigger the field the more room for noticeable dings, nicks and bagmarks. :(
Ed - you can't go! One of the things that make this forum worthwhile is folks like you, who express points of view that sometimes differ from...
Well, I use polystyrene tubes for low value circulated duplicates, but I wouldn't put anything else in tubes because of the potentials for...
I'm not quite sure what you are asking Steve. You are free to recommend a dealer that you have had good results from, or a good relationship...
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