Like I said, you are fooling yourself to believe that. Everybody get's fooled by a good fake sooner later - including me. Ask any of the most...
Pretty much every collector there is has a counterfeit or an altered (date or mint mark) coin in his collection and doesn't even know it. Some...
As I said earlier, I pretty much know that since Cambridge has a chair in numismatics. I just do not know what the particulars are. Nor have I...
Depends on the coin. It's pretty much common knowledge that coins of exceptional value, rarity, or pedigree are given grade bumps. And since the...
I disagree, and I don't care about the surviving specimens either. I only care about what the law was at the time. Now I cannot speak with any...
When you made the coin doesn't haven't anything to do with it in my opinion. Your opinion differs. No sense arguing about opinion as it cannot be...
The other thread started by the OP on the same subject is better suited to providing answers.
That depends on the specific date and mint.
Yes, but they were not an accredited school until August of 2008. And then, only the branch in Cincinnati was accredited by the North Central...
While what the ANA offers is quite good, and I encourage everybody to take those courses, it is not what I understood the original question to be....
I think a better way of asking this question would be - are all coin dealers knowedgeable ? The answer is a definitive no. There are a great many...
They do not to my knowledge. In fact at one time they even offered what they promoted as being their new "airtight" slab - this was some years...
Regarding the Bicentennial coins - you're mixing things up. There were the same numbers of Proofs and business strikes made for the halves and...
For me it says - This course is being updated, Check soon for full details. There are other numismatic programs that you can enroll in. But...
As you know I know next to nothing about ancients and because of that I never even enter into such a conversation. But this much I do know -...
Daniel I've thought about what you have done long and hard as this thread has evolved. And I must say, I do not think you should have done this. I...
Says who ? Just because it says $50 on it doesn't mean anything, it obviously has absolutely nothing to do with the value. And the scenario you...
A common misconception. Yes, what few silver dollars actually did circulate did it in the west. But they were by no means the prevalent form of...
Definitely paper. Silver dollars never really circulated in this country because people hated the things.
Luke there's apparently something you don't understand. The Nintendo Wii and Harry Potter books you mention, they go through the hands of at least...
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