I actually bought it as a counterfeit, because it was a counterfeit (it only cost me a dollar). Yes, the signs that it is cast are clear in hand....
Nah, that's just an artifact of the lighting. Don't worry about it, it won't look that way in hand.
Those rims scream business strike to me.
I see it as cheap as $7 online. $15 is the absolute max I'd pay. Look for more examples here:...
I'd look in the Krause Standard Catalogue of World Coins. It will tell you the composition of every coin from every country in every year.
Doesn't really mean it's a proof. In the second half of the 19th century, proof dies were often used to strike proof coins and then used to strike...
If counterfeits aren't allowed, I'll play this coin from French IndoChina (which is also... now part of Vietnam). So, double hitter to get to the...
How about this - a contemporary counterfeit of a coin from the French protectorate of Tonkin (now, part of Vietnam). If contemporary...
Great color! It depends on what you're collecting. If I could find a way to justify this, it would absolutely be a keeper. Especially if you...
St. George and the Dragon? I thought that was a British theme. Cool coin!
The 1894 is a no-questions-asked absolutely fake. That was easy. The 1908 is a slightly better fake, so that one took me 10 seconds to identify...
This is the coin we were talking about in the other thread, right? Glad it appears there are no surface problems (I'm always worried about them...
Haha, jump across the pond and back again. I like it. Morocco! An extremely rare coin, with less than 5 known: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Somebody please set me up for Morocco!
Not entirely sure why you posted a second thread about the same coin..... You didn't like the answers you got on the first one?
To Infinity... And Beyond. Meh, close enough.
Enough so-called 'hidden' marks together amount to enough to bring the grade down. They're called "hidden" because the average untrained eye...
@johnmilton , I guess what I'm getting at is this, for example.... For the Capped Bust Half series, the 1815/2 is a well known rarity. The reason...
That seems excessive for a basic type set. There has to be something in between! Something that has all of the basic types, but without varieties....
Why was the mintage so low? That seems unusually low.
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