According to http://www.luckylukeonline.com/Silver.html : "The Nazi Reichsmark at 90% Silver! Minted in various designs between 1933 and 1939,...
Could it be machine doubled?
To expand that thought - you should decide if you are going to be a collector or an investor. There can be some crossover between the two but...
As you should.
People counterstame coins for various reasons. Below are a few counterstamped coins I found on eBay today: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Yep, a lightly circulated coin that has excellent eye appeal may be graded MS-61 or 62 - higher than a strictly uncirculated coin with lots of bag...
Indian $2 1/2 & $5 are also highly counterfeited. Some are VERY deceptive. That's another reason to only buy slabbed Indian gold if you don't know...
Now you see why these Indians are so hard to grade. Unless the wear is obvious it can be difficult to distinguish between AU & MS. Yes, the...
Looks like machine doubling to me but the coin is too worn and the pics too hard to view to be sure.
I am very comfortable in calling this coin circulated. There is definite wear on the Indian's bonnet (headband, cotton bowls and feathers) and on...
In a Basic Grading course I took at an ANA Summer Seminar we learned some of the basics on how to grade these Indians. You DO grade the devices....
How about this one? Better Numismatics through Chemistry - Anonymous
PCGS AU-58? OK. If it is AU (meaning it has circulated) then it would seem to me that all the scratches in the fields should bring it down to a...
The mintmark is on the OBVERSE in the denticals below the date???
But a lamination (really a DElamination) would not be raised (unless it had fully delaminated.
Except die polishing rarely goes across the device (in this case Lincoln's head).
"The coin also has what appears to be an H adjacent to Liberty's nose. The coin probably belonged to President Harrison long ago, thus the H."...
I agree. There are enough dings, scrapes and nicks as well as wear visible in the original pics that it should be obvious the coins is not AU....
That's why you have to educate yourself about coins. The more you know the less likely you will be taken. Knowledge is power.
Very simply you get a punch with a reverse image of the letters (or image) you want to stamp into coins. Then you strike the stamp (e.g., with a...
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