If you blow up the photo, you can see enough of the fake to know that it is a very poor copy, just like two I posted at the start of this thread....
Congress chartered the Second Bank of the United States in 1816 for a twenty year term. The bank became the object of President Andrew Jackson’s...
Over the years that I have observed them, the grades got sloppy during periods of hot markets. Maybe it was because lots of coins were sent in for...
When I photograph something, I sit with the coin in hand and work on the color to get a match. I also might take an angle shot to get more of the...
This is one area where I have had very little experence and have never owned coin from this era. All the Bust Dimes I have owned were from the the...
I will take "in hand" over any photograph you can show me. That even goes for a coin show with poor lighting. "In hand" allows you to experience...
I agree. The reverse is an example of where the silver tarnish has gone too far and has now become damage.
I have no idea where a hammered English coin from circa 1166 to 1500 should go. When I first came here, I was informed that they went in the...
If you had submitted the OP coin to PCGS or NGC back when I was having my collection graded, it would have come back in a body bag as...
I would caution other collectors about this "two toned" cameo look on circulated coins. It's not a look that was popular years ago, but maybe you...
Here's mine. It falls short of what I really wanted, but it's what I purchased. A couple of years later, I saw one I liked more. At that time I...
As a type collector for more than 50 years, I voted “5.” This is a one year type, but the mintage was high, and a fair number of them have...
I can’t muster much enthusiasm for this. The 1921 Morgan Dollar was a pale imitation of the coins that were issued in the 19th century. The Peace...
That is a double edged sword. If you don't explain how to spot the counterfeit, more people will get taken in. I think that it is better to point...
Here is a genuine coin beside the fake coin. Note the numbers in the date don't match the real coin. [ATTACH] Note the lumps of metal in the...
I have an American Silver Eagle that a club gave to me many years ago as a thank you for speaking to their group. It came in a little folder. Over...
These two pieces were on the PCGS site this morning. I am posting them here to warn collectors NOT to depend on the holders for detecting...
In the old days this coin would have probably been cracked out and sent in for another round of grading. Today CAC is the new crack-out for some...
Time for the reveal ... [ATTACH] This is one of those unusual "duel endorsement" coins where Eagle Eye and CAC both had a look at it and liked...
If I remember correctly, it was a “homer” series. Unlike the most recent World Series, the home team always won. There were four games in LA so ...
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