You may be right, but with only the Krause illustrations to compare, I'm not so ready to condemn his Chinese stuff, which are the only ones I feel...
Where, oh where do I start[IMG] In the first place, the Chinese items lack two very important features that differentiate "coins" from "medals"...
Thanks guys. As I suspected, it's a case of strong familiarity with how it should look. Those are all details I simply didn't pick up on by...
How about a little education for us non-US collectors Ziggy? His pictures match the ones in the Red Book, the coloration looks reasonable, and...
One thing you have to keep in mind is that we will always have bad guys with us. Remember, they can be pro-active, finding new and ingenious ways...
I've reported about a dozen phony Japanese coin auctions today, but I can't spend enough time to even think about spotting all the fakes on EBay....
Yup. :mad:
Attributed to GEORGE BERNARD SHAW.—“Picturesque Speech and Patter,” Reader’s Digest, November 1942, p. 100, but not verified in his published...
It would be, if only it were silver. :mad: Report made to eBay Community Coin Watch, for whatever good it may do.
Remember that lottery posting on the UK eBay site? I sent the following report through the UK customer service page:Since when does eBay allow...
I pay an awful lot of attention to market trends in the stock and bond market - that's where my jam and deserts come from (Social Security and a...
The large one is Tunisia, KM#309, 100 Millim brass, mintage unspecified, VF$1.25, XF $1.50, Unc. $2.
You mean something other than what many consider to be their gross overgrading and even grosser overcharging?
Neither one is from Iran. They use real Arabian number characters, not what we in the West call "Arabic Numerals", so their coins wouldn't show...
In the last hour or so my computer has randomly selected the following numbers from the 1100+/- tracks I have archived (from legitimately...
I'm very much afraid you are right Doug, although with only 4% of gold, 34% of silver, and 74% of minors "in hand", I sure hope you're wrong. :(
Sorry Susan, your assumption is faulty. The plating electro-chemically bonded the other metal (whether nickle or chrome) to the silver. When it...
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Not much in the way of world coins at this Long Beach Show, and some of the dealers were really uptight about their world coin prices - one of...
I was going to ask how a coin with its rims completely worn off could have a shot at AU, but luckily I checked the Red Book before putting my foot...
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