What about the strawberry leaf large cents? Those are most likely either samples made or contemporary counterfeits last I heard.
Maybe you could, but I have to feed, cloth, provide transport, shelter myself and two others, while paying MN taxes! Not as easy as you would...
Exactly. Now I don't have monster mortgage, (maybe a medium monster), or college to pay for yet, you would be surprised how fast $1500 a week...
Sorry just saw the thread now. I will pull out Hendin tonight.
I think all three are heavily faked, and could benefit from slabbing. The 22 especially, but all three are keys. I do not suggest slabbing...
Well, honestly it could. Now, if that coin would have been silver it would have been safe. Silver is a natural anti-bacterial. The US's hand were...
I agree. I saw your three cents on the earlier post, and the main reason they should be slabbed is just to prove they are genuine. They do not...
Btw OP, just as an aside, don't get mad at the person who cleaned this coin. You don't know what the circumstances were. I hear a lot of people...
Well, my answer to this is diversification. The most dangerous thing anyone can own is only one type of asset. Assets like stocks are priced...
...because showing a near sighted little man and his tiny little die cutting instruments do not make for a very interesting coin reverse? :)
Now there is a tough decision. :) My first was a Larissa bronze with a 3/4 facing head. I didn't know a thing about ancients, and overpaid for...
Almost always. We are the main exception to the whole "do not clean" thing. Almost all ancients have been cleaned, it is what it is. Now, you try...
My worry is what if dealers need to start more further discounting silver purchases due to this risk of counterfeits. What if all ASE and maple...
Fair enough Mike, i was just trying to illustrate that their may be a difference of opinion that was not based on being ill informed. ;) Chris
You see them pretty regularly, the thin pointed, curved hammers in mint making scenes. I wonder if the force required if striking such a small...
Does it ned conserved or just slabbed? If nothing is wrong with it, just send it to NGC or PCGS to be slabbed. No one needs to touch it.
Well my disagreement would be simply economics in coin collecting. I mean, TPG are paid well to give opinions on a coins grade. Just this action...
Grats on the Moneta. You are correct that they are very much popular. Makes sense, since we collect coins, it celebrates coins, etc. I have a few...
The CAC sticker is simply a way of "proving" a coin is good/high end for the grade. Its basically making "provable" dealer assertions that its a...
A coin that high of grade should have original luster. On your coin the luster has been removed by the harsh cleaning. See all of the line going...
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