I've never seen or heard of a fake GSA holder. I have heard of one or two cases where someone tried to open one and switch out the coin but they...
I like NA-04 a little more than NA-08. I'm not really sure why we are voting, both the CFA and CCAC have selected NA-08, so unless The Secretary...
I doubt if the so called early die states exist because neither the S-148 and S-153, which have the same reverse, are known uncracked. my bet...
There were four different GSA holders one soft pack and three hard pack. The soft pack was used for the coins that were obviously worn no matter...
You sent them an email from someone in China, what kind of action do you expect them to take? I do have to admit though that after I talked to...
I don't see the cracks but it is probably because of the condition of the coin (one reason I try to avoid using cracks to attribute varieties. If...
A few years back when the second Fantastic Four movie came out (Rise of the Silver Surfer) the movie studio distributed 40,000 state quarters with...
Gold is not a superconductor. It is a good conductor, but not as good as copper, silver, or aluminum. Or gold is way over valued and should be...
Once the dies separate after striking the coin.
But this would be a little different since in this case the coin isn't counterfeit, the holder is. For that reason they may require it to be...
For some reason most of the 30 N-9's have turned up in the Cincinnati OH area.
What keyed it for me was the star outlines. They should be evenly spaced and come together sharply at the junctions. Look at the inner junction...
I didn't bother looking too much at the one on the right because it was obviously not the N-9. The one on the left has the correct reverse for...
If Dansco make a blank album you can get the gold lettering and apply it yourself just like you can for labeling the individual holes. Check with...
The NGC slabs from 1988 to August of 2000 had holograms on the outside of the outside of the holder that were not well bonded to the plastic....
Looks to me like a charm made to resemble a Byzantine coin. But I'm no expert on Byzantine coins either.
I haven't bid on a Stacks Bowers auction but I would assume the procedure is the same as for other auction houses. First you will have to...
Let me guess, the coppernickel clad layers extend out beyond the copper core so it appears to have a groove all the way around the edge. The...
The OP coin is definitely a contemporary counterfeit.
Depends on when the original were made. If they were using 19th century dies it's easy. The early bronze medals have a mahogany brown color...
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