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I know of only one, and it is sponsored by an investment company, so I would be inclined to tread very carefully: Most of the major coin...
The number of similar errors known to exist can also affect the value. Check with the Error World folks - they have a forum in the Clubs section...
99.99% probability that it is from Thailand, but that general description covers several different coins. A picture is essential for accurate...
A great story, and a great kid who learned some important life lessons. :)
First, welcome to the forum Regulus. Second, the ony stupid question is the one not asked. Third, welcome to the wonderful world of world coins,...
[IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] The obverse has too many marks to qualify as anything but the very lowest uncirculated grade IMHO, especially...
[IMG] [IMG] Your pictures were too large to be useful. I couldn't see the "forest" for all the detailed "trees". I'm not very knowledgeable...
A seal is a mark identifying some entity and is placed on documents to show their authenticity. Traditionally they consisted of incuse stamps,...
If the coin has been waxed, or coated with some kind of organic grease, a bath in pure acetone (not your wife's acetone-based nail polish remover)...
I understand your feeling that you need a disclaimer, but why use "guess" instead of "opinion"? If I remember correctly, the last vault door I...
[IMG]But I would phrase it: urgently recommend that you immediately take your computer to a professional. If "myebay" doesn't show it, that...
The part about unauthorized auctions raises two possibilities. 1) The email you got is a "phishing" email sent with a phony eBay return address....
I'm glad I read your whole post. Until I got to the very end I was thinking about deleting it as improper advertising. :D
For the benefit of those not familiar with the marks which Chinese merchants punched into foreign silver coins to indicate that they had been...
Frankly the problem with your pictures is not their resolution, but how dark they are! I was able to lighten them in my rudimentary photo editing...
Here are the pictures I think he was trying to post from a French auction site. Its definitely not a coin, and I can't find a match on the U.S....
In the 2005 32d Ed, covering the 20th/21st Centuries, Krause lists 36 different mint sets (dated 1982-2003), more than 120 proof sets (dated...
They are 26.76g of .900 silver, .7736 oz. ASW. Krause gives the same mintage numbers as the Red Book, and its 2005 edition values the Denver...
The "D" indicates it is one of the 94,708 minted at Denver, which the 2003 Red Book valued at $24 in MS65. There were 322,422 proofs minted at...
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