I assume you are saying your only proof? Because proofs were made every year from 1865-1872, between 500 and 1,000 each year.
Well, one definition of a scam would be selling counterfeit goods. Sales puffery is not a scam. I don't think the TV clowns are scamming, but...
You've entered the twilight zone. It's not good enough that we have coins placed in plastic tombs. Then people put stickers on the tombs to rate...
I'm utterly astonished that people even have to ask this question. What do you think pays for the "talent", the studio, the airtime, the phone...
Dang that is cool. https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4637777-028/70/ NGC database shows an edition of 200 pieces, some 69s mixed in. There are...
Knife, Drawer, Sharpener - one of these things is not in use...
@-jeffB (edit:added callout) Please check the RME for sample slabs for me. It misses the cutoff for the 3rd edition of the book, but the club has...
ANS did a preso Friday, with Eric Brothers: Long Table 141. Silver Coins and Chopmarked Coins in China, Up to 1873 https://numismatics.org/lt141/...
I can top that - I think I posted about this previously. Last October, I drove up to Oklahoma (~3 hours) for the 2nd day of a two-day show at the...
SPECIMEN are sample notes. Why not?
If you find a source to replace the missing screw, let me know - I need one for a USNA Photocert in a Capital holder I bought on Saturday.
And I saw them in a dealer's $1 junk box at the TNA show on Friday.
I'm calling it fake. Notice the serifs on the C don't look like the real thing... https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1889-cc-1/7190
Usually, the coins in those "collectible" cases are polished or plated and have no numismatic value.
But you could have done a lot better. Spot price doesn't always rise.
@johnmilton of course you mean "you can't sell really scarce items"
This chariot was driven only by a little old lady going to the Temple on Feast days.
Dang, you went there. I had just PMed @paddyman98 saying that I had standards (low, but standards) and I wasn't going to go there in public....
Always go to the legislation, especially if it calls for the death penalty!
Not quite correct @CoinCorgi https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/historical-documents/coinage-act-of-april-2-1792 Section 13 defines the...
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