Is this the case where the coins were listed on a stolen artwork site that led to their discovery? (I think there were three coins - perhaps all...
Without photos no one here could do any better than take a guess. BTW, welcome to CoinTalk.
Be careful, Dutch. If you are successful and you shut off China's market for their counterfeit coins here in the US they may get angry and not buy...
That may have been me. I went in the pawn shop back in January. It was a Friday at 6 PM. Like others have said the "regulars" were nowhere to be...
Ooops! Rlm beat me to it.
They look like adjustment marks. Overweight planchets were adjusted by filing enough metal off one face to bring the planchet down to the correct...
SGS = Star Grading Service MS-70 = Mint State 70 - The highest possible grade for a Business Strike coin. A perfect coin with no flaws. SGS...
Yes I did. He posted several photos on his other thread and it is an obvious fake.
Dat's right. Hand-punched mintmarks were required to be within a certain range but their location could vary, sometimes quite a bit.
It is interesting that this "news" came out before the mid-term elections. Hmmmmmmmmm.
Save your money. Your coin is a counterfeit. Zero percent chance it is genuine. It is counterfeit and a poor one at that. Very weak details. The...
I heard that too. But the fact is that market grading allows for some light circulation wear on lower-grade MS coins that have good eye appeal...
It is counterfeit. By the way, one thread per question is usually sufficient.
Counterfeit.
SGS will authenticate it and grade it MS-70, guaranteed!
I can guarantee you is it NOT an MS-70 coin.
I'm getting a headache. :dead-horse:
Richard Nixon, right? Nice job by the way.
SGS operates on a limited budget and could only afford to buy MS-70 and PF-70 inserts. That's why none of their coins grade below 70.
It means there are 73 Barber Half Dollars (in a complete set) and he has 13 of them in VG or better. 13/73 = 13 out of 73 VG+ = VG or better
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