That's because when Coin World announced it they used the headline "Flag design chosen for 2010 cent" But you had to read the article to find...
That was why back in 1999 there was a real rash of "error" proof sets being sold on eBay for big bucks that were all missing one of the state...
Early date large cent collectors don't which way is up on their coins, neither do bust half or early dollar collectors. I can't see why the...
What was the 1795 British piece? It can't be a regal issue because they didn't issue any copper between 1775 and 1797. It is most likely a...
I may not have that date, but I have the type. Sorry no pictures.
Agreed, NGC attributions on Conder tokens are VERY frequently wrong. Another thing I find funny is their claim that they will not slab...
Which one? I bid on a couple lower priced ones and got out bid.
Kevin, I thank you for the compliment but I am not an expert either. Like some others here I am advanced in certain fields, but in many others I...
I think it's an incense burner.
Well it can really depend on the quality of the pieces, and yes sometimes they may have been coated. Two hundred years ago te application of a...
Both types of "holograms" can be found on coins. No they are not the true 3-D type of holograms that you create with lasers. The printed on...
All fake, and the third one isn't a fantasy, it is a counterfeit of a pattern piece.
UH Larry, that coin wouldn't happen to be in an NGC slab would it?? The reason I ask is be cause if so it is another example of their typical...
OK, it isn't magnetic. What does it weigh? (Need to eliminate the possibility of a cent struck on a dime planchet.)
I believe I have seen cobs in PCGS, NGC, and ANACS slabs (Even though at the time ANACS said they would not slab cobs) But the best thing to do...
The problem is trying to know the thickness of the plating layer. Just ran some math an if th plating is one ten thousandth of an inch thick, at...
It's a fake.
So you know this one is real because you have a fake coin that is EXACTLY like it except that it is very different. OK.
Too heavy to be missing the clad layers.
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