That didn't take long. Less than 3 hours! EDITED to remove dead link ;)
For starters the rims and denticles (aka dentils) are wrong. There should be one rim and the denticles should run up to the rim. Trade Dollars...
True. But it sure beats resurrecting 8-year-old threads.
Sure they do. They overgrade coins. That is very attractive to sellers who sell to buyers who do not know the coin they are buying is overgraded.
Ever heard the old addage, "If you don't have anything good to say it is best to say nothing at all"? It looks like nobody here has anything good...
Do your photos show the true color of the coins? If not, you may need to adjust your white balance. If so, the color looks nothing like genuine...
What is that indicator? I knew there was something (maybe a crack between bars) that is found on genuine coins but I cannot remember exactly what...
Fake.
Looks like a cast counterfeit to me. Notice the huge raised blobs of metal on the obverse (side with 'USA').
For .80 cents (8/10 of a cent) I would say you did well. I would buy any coin for less than face. ;)
WOW! Is that a record price for an ancient coin?
In this case the coin is a genuine coin that has been altered. It is definitely not a "copy".
That was very good advice, not an insult. It's just another version of "Buy the book before the coin". You should be receptive to good advice...
Pardon my ignorance but what is a 'CHF' and how do you convert that to US dollars?
That's not much to go on. Can you post a pic of the coin? Is the coin silver? Gold? Copper? What is its approximate diamater and weight? Is the...
Add 10-15 what? Dollars? Percent?
That's a very, very nice coin you have there. And it is a GREAT find for a kid. I can only dream of finding something like that. NCS =...
It might continue to be sold to completely clueless collectors but any collector with even the most rudimentary knowledge of fake coins should be...
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It's obviously a trick question.
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