But that is all done before the coin is struck. Once the planchet is struck, turning it into a coin, the metal flow obliterates all traces of any...
It equals 67 and up.
Not at all, both coins are supposed to have been minted in Spain, not one of the colonial mints. But if you just compare them with genuine coins,...
And why does it say you failed ? It's there, if you just read it. There are 2 reasons usually - 1, your file size is too big and 2 - your file...
I think the coin sits like this. My gut tells me it is from the Netherlands, but I'm not sure of the denomination. But it may be a duit of some...
If you haven't, look at my albums one of these days. The artistry that went into many of the older world coins is truly amazing.
For one in that condition - yes.
Tom it's pretty obvious that there are methods that work, look at NCS for example. But those are proprietary methods. And yeah, there are probably...
It has the look of a cast fake.
Welcome to the Forum baseballj1j !! Hopefully you won't put a whole lot of faith in some of what you read in that book. But I will agree with...
I suspect you are correct.
Mark my point is this. There are what, 880 known Proofs ? And mintage records show that there should be 12,000 business strikes - all for the 1895...
Hopefully you can recognize problem coins when you see them.
Boy Howdy !! I sure wouldn't ! That's $2980 an ounce ! :eek:
I am reasonably certain that both coins are fakes.
Just because I haven't tried it myself doesn't mean that I haven't seen the results a thousand times. Or know of a thousand others who have tried...
Yes, the length of time depends on severity. Give it say an hour the first go round. If that doesn't work, try it overnight. Based on your new...
Don't suppose it might be because there are those who say they are not Proofs ?
OK, you apparently have a different driteria for the RB designation than what is accepted by numismatic community as a whole, Mark is exactly...
What you do is go look for the photos. You can Google it, search world coin sites, buy books like Spink (although I don't know if it mentions the...
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