The Chinese make their better counterfeits using blanks of the correct composition, weight and dimensions. These counterfeits are of a much higher...
The most common Chinese counterfeit Silver Dollars are magnetic. This '94-CC Morgan appears to be one of the common Chinese counterfeits. Check it...
Very much so (as usual).
What do you mean by "liberty dime"? The last dime produced with Liberty was in 1945. Since 1946 FDR is on our dimes.
Doug, I don't have my Red Book with me (egads!) but I believe you will find the Templeton Reid gold coins listed in the back in the section for...
As a matter of clarification, not all coins with a 'D' mintmark were struck in Denver. During the years 1838 to 1861 the branch mint in Dahlonega,...
Obverse and reverse of a Templeton Reid $5 gold piece. (Credit the Smithsonian web site for the photos.)
I am in Gainesville, GA this week (about 15 miles SE of Dahlonega). Today I took a stroll to the square in Downtown Gainesville where there is a...
Google "Bankers Bag of 1943 Lincoln Steel Pennies" and you will find sites where you can take advantage of this fantastic offer TODAY! (Or rather...
I ran across this item recently while looking through a catalog of useless, overpriced junk. Bankers Bag of 1943 Lincoln Steel Pennies They...
Sorry. That's PMD (post-Mint damage). Looks like a coin wrapping machine may have caused the semi-circular indentation in the surface of the coin....
At least you have an excuse for your erratic behavior. I don't have an excuse for mine.
My numbers may be slightly off but I think ANA membership is about the same as it was 20 years ago. The US Mint (at the direction of Congress)...
I have been away from CT for several months and you joined during my absence so I don't know you or your personality. I have no idea if you are...
PMD - post-Mint damage. Looks like it got run over (several times) in a parking lot.
Sorry. I'll get to work on it.
Who said the odds were 1 million to 1, sir?
They will let you know the total amount of your purchase (winning bid amount, juice (buyer's premium), tax (if applicable), shipping and...
Cupro-nickel looks like 90% silver to the untrained eye. And the copper core on clad quarters can be obscured by the outer cupro-nickel when the...
When I was in the pawn shop I picked up some of Chumlee's cards. (The card has a photo of him shooting a blunderbuss or some sort of ancient...
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