Basically you, meaning you or I or even most people, can't tell. Even the TPGs can't tell with any degree of real reliability. But to have any...
Nobody ever "released" them. The '64 SMS sets were a trial run, similar to pattern coins. In other words the mint knew what they were going to do...
If you already know what happened then what Hobo and 19 said explains it. But if you don't know what happened then it kinda does but kinda...
You have a better chance of winning the lottery.
Back in the '60s.
I agree I should have mentioned that, but since the metal flows when the planchet is struck to form the rim and the edge it seems like it can or...
It looks like a poorly made cast fake.
Then be surprised. It's been so long I can't recall the exact dates anymore but when that coin was put on auction quite a few decades ago the...
The Netherlands ducat was primarily a trade coin, so while I am not positive I suspect it stopped being used as that in the late 1800's. Some...
Maybe right in front of the upper lip, but the chin and nose sure isn't the result of a chipped die. Never seen anything quite like that.
ROTFL !! But I'll still getcha for that ziggy :D
Jim a better idea is to forget sending it in. All almost of them grade MS69 so why spend $80-$100 to have them tell you what you already know ?
Believe it or not there is a machine that can actually shrink real coins. But the OP's coin is just what Larry said it was, not a shrunken coin.
Did you think I was saying it wasn't ? I'm probably the biggest fan of that book that there has ever been.
Miss something ? No. But I don't think understand how it works. Clad planchets are all made the same, a copper core clad with an outer layer of...
There have been similar ideas before, but in the end it never worked out. The cost is too prohibitive and there are never enough orders to even...
This will help some - http://www.cointalk.com/t14112/ But books will do a lot more. But it depends on the type of coins and or time period that...
Please post a picture of it so we know what you are talking about.
No argument there. But, depending on what you want to learn, you would be well advised to spend your money on books that will actually help reach...
petronius - let me ask you a question. Since it is a known fact that no 2 coins of the same grade are alike - how could one possibly grade a coin...
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