AU details cleaned and retoned. From those pics I dont like the color at all. When I first looked at it I found myself asking if this was even a...
I can see it just fine... Clicking on the second pic makes it bigger for me. It looks like the planchet split after striking. I assume it's...
I'm pretty sure it's not a finger print as well. Has anyone ever seen the blue Whitman folders tone coins? The glue that they used to hold on the...
I think those things are starting to sprout cent bushes.... someone should buy them and bury them in the ground and see what comes up in the spring.
I looked in my Friedberg book and it wasn't listed. I couldn't find it online either... Thanks for the help!
I have been researching for a little bit but I cant find how many of the 1896 educational notes they made. Anyone know how many $1, $2, and $5's...
Well I dont agree with him... or you... this coin is clearly a cast counterfiet. Sorry it's not what you want to hear...but from my experience...
Recut reeding is also a sign of a counterfiet piece. This not an error at all but still all signs point to cast counterfiet.
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It's at the Mariot hotel just off of I-70 at the corner of 21st and Shadeland Ave. It's the biggest show in the state every year.
The 51st annual Indiana State Numismatic Association show is November 6th and 7th in Indianapolis. Is anyone here attending??? I'll have a table...
In hand the color is really good... A bit splotchy on the reverse... but the obverse is spot on color wise... wonder how they do it?
I havent got that far yet... My book is out on loan... but I plan to check and see if its close
This one was purchased intentionally as a fake for the purpose of teaching others and for documenting the piece as bad.
I recently picked up a few examples of these for a talk I'm giving to the Indianapolis Coin Club on the Chinese counterfiet problem. I got a...
me too ;) neat!
there were only 6 of them... and he didn't know they were bad until I pointed them out. He had paid close to silver price for them several months ago.
That is what I was thinking!! Or he didn't have it in stock and has to go buy it elseware and is just stalling... or he shipped to Dubai...
also you might look at platinum... I think once auto sales come back the platinum market will improve.
got the pics fixed too
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