If it was raised... it would be glue... but the OP states its down into the coin. I think the pic is just playing tricks on your eyes.
I have heard from a very reputable source that in a private error collection there is a foreign coin (I cant remember the county it has been a...
If it is down into the coin as the OP states then it would be a strike through. It looks like it was prob just a little thin hunk of scrap metal....
The laminating would make sense if there was a piece of metal struck into the coin... the 2 metals not "getting along" would cause that I would...
I always tell people.... the real unmessed with ones kinda have the color of a new chain link fence.... hahah
I agree not to agree with Carl! haha!
There known 1943 DDO's but i don't think that is one of them from memory... it looks like it might just be a result of the reprocessing. EDIT! I...
As someone who HAS handled counterfeit slabs... I think there is a little confusion going on here... Have you seen the coins that they have out...
eek!!! noooooo badddd nice clear rev picture.... fuzzy obv picture....
I feel the need to apologize... I'm sorry Carlos, I was a little harsh in post #22. So, I'm sorry. There is just a lot of misinformation flying...
At some of the bigger coin conventions sometimes people have them out... to show people what they look like and they are more then happy to show...
Very old die or not... this is not an mint error... it never was an mint error... never will be an mint error
I have been known from time to time to tell people if they really want to get the absolute top dollar for their coin collection to buy a table at...
I did... Yeah he is putting an 1796 year set together in AU or better..... with the gold...
as someone who makes a living as a coin dealer, I have to disagree. It is possibile to be ethical and still make a profit.
A customer and I watched the Goldbergs auction this past Monday night from my office.... I was able to restrain myself and not buy anything.......
It might seem kind of blunt... but I would just ask your friends what they do with them... You might be surprised how much they tell you.
Why not learn them and buy them yourself? haha!
Definitely agree with all of that. Keeping your fingers on the pulse of the market is definitely important. I don't necessarily speculate because...
I look at it like this.... take it how you want to. At a show it's all about knowing more then the guy your buying the coin from. If he doesn't...
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