I'd love to have Mr. Bowers on. Can you put me in touch with him? PM me? I have seen him around the show circuit and have wanted to introduce...
I don't think it's a cast fake. I see the marks that you are seeing in the picture... but I sure can't see them in hand with my glass... just lots...
I bought this piece this morning. It's really nice... if big gaudy money clips are your thing. The thing is that unlike most of the stuff we see...
Have you tested it with a magnet yourself??? Cause even from those pictures I can tell it's plated.
Fun with the change jar?
I see one minor legit error there.... A minor misaligned die....
a pattern develops...
Now that sounds nice.... I need a vacation...
Just had this guy walk in yesterday. I thought it was neat and wanted to share. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It looks cool.. but is a common error... worth maybe $10 or so...
For $38,000 I'd be making a trip to Georgia. ;)
If you call getting Neg'ed, SNAD'ed, and having the money taken out of your account fine... then yes.... you did fine.
I agree it looks like an AU. It has some rub in the center of the coin. It's worth maybe %10-%20 over it's gold melt value.
It was hard to rhyme ducat and still be family friendly.
The auctions title itself is a violation. It's an insinuation that this piece is an error. There is no gray area with EBay. "Test Strike? Error...
That's probably not a very smart idea.... becoming a martyr for your cause sounds like a good idea... but it doesn't get YOU anywhere. You will...
Sales where you say something MAY be this or MAY NOT be that are not allowed. You must be specific. It either is or it isn't and if you even hint...
It looks like it might be mint state but from those pictures it's impossible to say.
It's not a rattler... but those slabs do let coins move around from time to time.
Doug went to a coin shop in Nantucket. He was looking to add to his collection of Ducats. "What do you mean?" "You only sell coins with green...
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