I would suspect that it has to do with the mintage's being much higher in the last few years with the upturn in gold and silver.
I'm not quite sure of the process... The coin Doc's don't tell us measly little coin dealers what they are up to. I just know the end result. It's...
The fake frosting is not something that can come off... in essence it etches the metal so once it is done it is permanent. It looks very similar...
or both ;)
Hard to say... It could just be pixelation from resizing the image... but it could also be photoshopping.
It does appear to have been cleaned from those pictures.
Happy to help. This is a really tricky coin to be completely honest. It's was a good eye on your part to even spot it. This thing would fool a...
Well, I got to see this coin in hand today. I think that Conder might have hit this one on the head. This coin appears to have had some frosting...
It looks good to me. You can see the Blakesley effect directly across from the clip. This is a good indication of a genuine clip. Check out this...
Nope, But it was fun ;)
I honestly think this thing screams 1950's-1960's... but that was just my original gut feeling.
I'm gonna say this one squeaked into a 40.
Yep, I agree. The 8 escudos is a cast counterfeit. The German coin is worth in the $20-$40 range depending on how accurate the pictures are.
Yes, they both came in the same cellophane.
Yeah, It looks like that is a winner... That looks like the mark I remember seeing.
At the last show I was at Rich Schemmer had about 25 of these with various dates graded by a real grading company for around a grand each... so...
The stores have no access to the machines... and from the amount of coinstar guys I buy from... I'd say they wouldn't be in a hurry to sell you...
I made the stache green... I figured it would be... [IMG] I always wonder why I never get anything done at work...
Don't make me photoshop a hat and stache on Shrek now.... hahaha!!
They do wrap and roll the circulating change but the stuff that comes from the FED is already rolled and boxed. No they do not search them for...
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