Great information, I have a holed Pitt halfpenny with some silvering remaining. Wish I had a non holed example but that is what put it in my...
Yes, unfortunately it is a fake. There are so many copies of early American coins around, they definitely out number the genuine pieces!
It is one of the so called "farthings" with the "quiescat plebs" legend. The larger halfpenny reads "ecce grex". Although it seems to be...
There is a short section on the history and circulation of counterfeit halfpence, including some good info on Machin's Mills. There are...
I guess it depends on the level of your interest in circulating counterfeit British coins. It is not one of my more used books on colonials, but...
Yeah, I see that now. The cheaper package has two coils, not quite sure why. You could call and ask questions, they are usually pretty helpful....
The most important accessories to me are a GOOD set of headphones and a good digger. I see the Garretts come with two different sets of...
I haven't used any of these detector models but have used all of the major brands. Been detecting for almost thirty years and follow the metal...
The Ace 250 is frequently recomended for beginners. A word of caution, the visual target identification is anything but foolproof even on the...
pjstack is right, definitely not Confederate. There are very few Confederate themed tokens and all are quite valuable.
Sorry, no listing. Members on either the C4 or Colonial Numismatic mailing list or both would send in the misattributions they found. I am sot...
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