Quite true. The 1893-S Morgan is heavily counterfeited and faked.
World Coin News and Numismaster.com seem to have just gotten word of this find: Celtic Hoard Found in Netherlands
Check completed auctions on eBay and Teletrade. That should give you an idea of what people are paying.
Great minds think alike. High AU coins often look nicer than low MS coins and usually cost less.
Grey Sheet (Ask) for With Motto $5 Liberty is $395. $450 would be a reasonable price from a dealer. In AU-58 Ask is $305 (and will probably be...
The Authoritative Reference on Commemorative Coins 1892 - 1954 (Flynn 2008) reports: Struck Assay Melted Net 1921 64,038 38 5,000 59,000...
No. Look at the numbers carefully. He said he was looking for: 31459265 But (leaving out the decimal point and going to eight digits) Pi is...
You are exactly right. Coin collecting does not rank up there with human rights. Counterfeit coins from China doesn't get people protesting in the...
You are searching for the wrong number. Pi = 3.1415926. :D
I can remember a time when the US (as well as several other countries) banned the importation of South African Krugerrands because South Africa...
The US gov't can do nothing to stop someone from counterfeiting US coins in China. What they CAN do is arrest anyone that imports or sells these...
That should answer your question. Consider yourself lucky this time.
From the Dec. 1, 2008 issue of Coin World article 'Chinese coin counterfeiter legal in China':
PM = Private Message If you click on a member's ID you can select "Send a Private Message to [the member]). Also, you can send a PM from the...
I believe that date is 1948.
Ike Dollar 38.1 mm 22.68 g (clad) Morgan & Peace Dollar 38.1 mm 26.73 g The Ike Dollar was the same diameter as the Morgan & Peace Dollars...
Thank you. That is the perfect explanation.
I generally use Kitco. I have no idea how accurate their spot prices are but I would expect them to be very accurate. I also like the graphs you...
Good job, Rickie. I did a little more research and discovered the following (from the book Collecting Confederate Paper Money / Field Edition...
Mintage of Morgan Dollars began in 1878. If a Morgan Dollar is dated 1876 it is most likely a Chinese counterfeit.
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