The mushy strike and details, combined with a pimply/bubbly surface are instant giveaways that it is fake. It is quite possible that your coin...
Never. When my heirs sell it, whoever buys it next can do that.
On the PCGS registry, the geniuses have created "lowball" sets. You get more points for having the lowest graded coins. Its the most bizarre...
Well that should answer your "real or fake" question immediately, then.
Wow, high praise indeed from you! Thanks.
That is very fake, sorry. It appears to be a cast copy. Not sure what you paid, but a genuine example of this coin would be about $12,000 (or...
Yes, that is a much clearer question. Thanks. There is one listed in the NGC census, here: https://www.ngccoin.com/census/world/ghana/sc-145/s500s/
The card seems to explain what it is.... 500 Sika coin, weighing 2 oz of silver, minted by the RCM in 2002 for the Chinese year of the horse,...
The US has never demonitised its currency. All coins produced by the US Mint are still legal tender. Anyone got a link to a press release or...
I'm not sure what thread you are referring to. It varied by series and era, of course, but yes, for many series there is a single mintmark punch...
I'll just say: copper that has been turned blue by MS-70 looks suspicious. The blues/purples/magentas that come out with MS-70 appear unnatural,...
Quite a bit of rustiness on this one. I'm guessing they tried to polish the dies up a bit and remove that rust, and that's why its Prooflike. NGC...
Mortgage the house. Do it. You know you want to ;)
Good luck! I hope you do well with it. I'm glad you thought it through, and I really do hope you have success.
Wow, that coin is even worse in hand than it was in the sellers pics. And it was really bad in the seller's pics. Return it.
Those coins are definitely not proofs. German proofs are usually of very high quality, and those don't have any of the characteristics of proof...
As promised, here is the second of my two purchases from our friend @Zohar444 . This is a Denarius from Caracalla. The reverse shows Fides...
What's a "potin"?
Very interesting discussion, @Barry Murphy Thanks for the explanations! As a US collector coming to the ancient realms for the first time, the...
Very interesting story, and cool coin!
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