Yeah, I'm a little suspicious of this one myself. Tungsten is used for faking gold coins, not silver ones.
If I were trying to choose a username under which I'd sell on eBay, and my initials were MLM, I think I'd use something else for a nickname.
Just from inspection, does it look like a single planchet squished thin? I'd sort of assume that if it were anything other than standard...
Now, that's a broadstrike! Through a capped obverse die, no less -- heck, is that even a nickel planchet? Or more than one? Weight/diameter?
Yeah, there's very little in eBay rules and regulations to prevent sellers from shooting themselves in the foot. If the guy's such a delicate...
Not without a transaction, at least not any more, right?
I'm with @alurid on this one. I don't see any of the usual signs of a broad/out-of-collar strike beyond the missing reeding, and there are lots of...
I learned something else just now -- I mentioned the thread to my wife, who spent most of her childhood in Alabama (Auburn), and said "Dahlonega",...
Morgans trade a good bit above silver spot, though, don't they? Even heavily worn ones?
Well, this thread sent me on my first-ever Wikipedia dive into the French monarchy...
Depends. Is it arranged to show an 1889 date on one end and a CC mintmark on the other, and listed on eBay? :rolleyes:
I was trying to decide whether I saw a hint of a mintmark peeking up at the bottom of that Buffalo, but I guess not. I'd still be tempted to give...
I'm with 1917 for this one. Looks like it's got the second hair curl. But I haven't = looked for 1916 examples for a while, so I'm rusty.
eBay has its problems, but this isn't one of them. This is a people problem. This guy could (and probably does) do the same thing on Craigslist,...
Meh, I'll wait for them to list their gold ones.
Except for the toxicity (similar to mercury or arsenic). And the price per ounce (significantly higher than silver). But hey, stick it in a smoke...
The only way it would make sense would be to do it effectively as a revaluation -- cent-like dollars, nickel-like $5, dime-like $10, quarter-like...
1949, or 1952?
Wow! Mint-marked Lincolns that old are nothing to sneeze at!
Yup. "What are you trying to hide when you carry that much cash?" Um, the outline of my wallet, which wouldn't need an inch-thick stack of 100s to...
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