The weight seems to be OK, but those missing stars make me suspicious. A grease filled die error from that time period is all but unheard of and...
Coin design typically has more to do with how well the coin will strike up than how well it will wear. Wear is a minor consideration. This is...
It's been 2 whole months since the posts were made in this thread - http://www.cointalk.com/t84716-2/ At the time AGE Proofs were selling for...
Blue ? No, just an effect of the lighting and reflection from the sticker.
Just take the coin to any jewelry store. You need the weight in grams to the nearest one hundredth like - x.xx grams.
Yup, we have plenty of smileys, always have. I wonder grizz - under User CP, Edit Options, in the very last box at the bottom of the page,...
I have no doubt that it works. Question is how the coins will look in time and what those coins may hav graded had they been cleaned properly....
Defintely a fake. But if you want to read more about these coins try the links you find here - Spain & Spanish Colonial
How long have you had these coins ? I ask because it's possible they are some of those from Katrina.
LOL !! Sorry Jim, you just don't fit the mold :D
I'm talking past tense because I no longer collect.
Based on your pictures (can't see the one at all) it looks like a modern replica of a Spanish colonial coin. It's impossible to estimate value, if...
Even the bullion coins are counterfeited. There have been US bullion fakes produced as well as fakes from other countries. ASE's are even made...
Please report what the weight of this coin is.
Everyone has to make their own choices about this. Myself, I was always quite open about it.
As long as you buy from trusted and reputable dealers you have little to worry about regarding counterfeits. For even if they sell you a fake,...
Then just do this - [IMG]
Jim the point I was trying to get across was that the theory, as you describe it, just doesn't work. What I'd really like to see you do is conduct...
You won't find these standards written anyplace and yes it is. Listing them with the Proof issues is merely a matter of convenience for the...
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