Singapore is actually the secound country to use polymer banknotes to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the nation using Australian technology...
Actually why bother with such tests??? If every single buyer of SGS slabs are allowed to read this thread, and compare their purchases to what a...
Roy, it's definately a Japanese token, very likely to be used in the pachinko slot machines.
Thanks for the brief summary there, Bill. And yes Midas, you've got my compliments there. Well done!
Disagree, palladium is starting to catch up recently. Here is a list of palladium coins minted worldwide....
Seems like a cast fake.
Again, it's based upon supply and demand. Although you might be able to find the rough estimate figure of how many exist, if the market demand for...
Sell it to a dealer and run away. :)
Indeed it is the easiest to fake! :) Fixing the alloy content too will not be terribly difficult as you can melt down previous old coinage and...
Definately no. I haven't heard of 100% pure rhodium as it cannot be made into sheets of metal - that metal is quiet brittle. Hence, it is more...
Wow thanks!
Indeed you should use 2x2 non-pvcs, but if you are talking about 1000+ coins, I find that method extremely unpraticle. Especially if they are...
You should be able to use plastic food bags, such as ziplogs to store coins. Such plastics are not suppose to have the harmful chloride in it.
Again I think iit depends on what country one is studying. Perhaps in the more developed European nations, they might have established a strict...
It's not fair to pinpoint Krause on minor varieties and such. You MUST get reference books regarding about the field that you are studying. The...
You mean something like this? :) [img]
Yes, send it for slabbing. The difference is a matter of several dollars to a couple of hundreds.
I'm actually astonished that no one has bothered to mention the issues of using a scale. The only real benefit is assuming the coin is machine...
You can't call those fakes really. It's simply replicas, but at some of the best standards out in the market.
Perhaps kitco? Not too sure if it's mobile friendly.
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