The Thai satang was deliberately minted with a hole, other countries as well. They were strung together in groups of a larger denomination, in the...
Somebody read that they're not supposed to hold a valuable coin with their bare hands, so they used vise grips.
I don't think I've ever seen a coin with that many die cracks. I can't even count them all.
I'm in the @Publius2 4th category. Most of the coins I collect are pretty common, so when I find a crack or clash it adds uniqueness and interest....
Interesting. If there are MS versions that then were used for proofs, it means they polished it off before making proofs. I thought about...
I'd think that they don't even work for the mint - customer service is probably contracted out, don't you think?
(No, it's not slabbed, I put it on top of one for the photos) [ATTACH]
The D and S dates would not be proofs, and it looks like proofs were only made 1936-1942, so that leaves 1941 as the only possible proof in the...
I was confused then. I know he's an expert at tracking down fakes, but asking if it's a "genuine variety" threw me off. Carry on!
No expertise here, but... Those stars look mighty suspicious. I looked through PCGS images and none of them have a wide flat rim like that. Even...
Canada has some 50c "hoof in date" varieties from that era, which are die cracks. Mine isn't significant enough though. [ATTACH]
When I was flat broke I spent a bunch of Kennedy halves I had saved on cigarettes. That's as close as I can come to the "not supposed to do" part....
https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/half-dollars/walking-liberty-half-dollars-1916-1947/?page=1 NGC lists 1918-D, 1929-S, 1941,...
I was going to start a separate thread on this subject, with a topic like "have people gone nuts?" but I'll post to this one. I was watching an...
Detail-wise it seems very good to me for a fake, if it is one. Among other things on the reverse it shows the repunching of the S and a faint line...
I never thought to group them as WWII. It's interesting how many countries I have, here's a sample. My grandfather was the librarian at the...
Typical responses, in my experience. It's called "never give up the con."
You're comparing 1676 with 1677 though. From what I can find, the designs are different. Doesn't mean the 1677 is real though, just saying.
I have several of those. Are they valuable enough in those grades to justify the grading expense?
Maybe on purpose - F for Fake.
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