Would you consider posting a link to the original auction? (Your details won't be shown to other people viewing the page, but it will let us see...
I'll go out on a limb, even though the photos aren't very good, and say that Barber half is 100% fake. I see several tells of fake coins -- blobby...
:rolleyes: We're talking about Dan Carr's work here, and while I guess you could carry one of his coins as a pocket piece, I'm not sure exactly...
It's not just one, though. https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/chinese-coin-counterfeiting-ring-4071202 And if it's not illegal in the country where...
It was a ten-day auction. It closed with no bids.
Hmm. That casts things in a different light -- by that time, platinum was more expensive than gold, AND legal to own! Anybody with a half-hour to...
Because they can still sell the fake for more than the cost of materials, and because common dates get less scrutiny than keys.
In that condition, they won't have lost enough weight for your scale to detect. Wear has mostly moved metal on the surface (bumps and scrapes),...
I assumed it was just to distinguish it from the numerous undated varieties of these tokens.
After all, that's our job, right?
Is there enough of a premium on the variety for dealers to spend attention on it?
Care to point some of them out? I'm not sure how you'd make out die scratches and breaks on a coin that's been this abused. I suspect you're...
The price of gold has gone up by more than 50% in the last two years. That's not the case for "everything else". If you want to use gold as your...
And yet, while I really like some of his original work, it's the overstrikes that grab my attention. I've always been a sucker for "what if"....
I'd think an MS66 grade (and, of course, authentication) would put a California fractional gold piece way ahead of spot.
And now I'm trying to figure out how I overlooked that. :oops: I'm leaning toward 3, I can see it as a coin struck in a heavily worn collar and...
While I acknowledge your feelings, neither dictionary compilers nor legislators appear to share them. I haven't been able to consult with Humpty...
Yep, that's a harshly cleaned and polished circulation strike.
I'm nervous about #4, because I see what look like numerous pimples or raised dots in the recessed areas. I'm not seeing how that could happen on...
Looks like one in MS63 sold back in 2018 for... $192. MS66 is a good hop up from 63, but I don't know if these are widely enough collected for it...
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