Only obvious to those who know what a klippe is.
Where it says "graded, encapsuated....." Graded is the process of being seen and graded by two or three graders. THEN it is ecapsulated. The...
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What makes you think they do any testing?
I was agreeing with you and pointing out examples, not disagreeing.
Try the bank.
Split plating with iron rot.
TPG? Testing? ;)
Yes the date is wrong but the first thing that screams fake is the Obv hub of 1886
I don't think the Dec 2010 coin and the OP coin are the same coin. Amazingly similar though.
The 1870 is definitely a repunched date. The 1856 looks more like MD. Longacre doubling would not be on the date. Longacre doubling comes for...
Of course at any time the government can still decide that they want to confiscate it and do so. The mint had been striking steel cents in 43 so...
Can't be a 39, wrong head style. 1839 does use that head style but the head is tipped forward withthe point of the bust over the 8 in the date....
But since you go it for not much more than bullion, why do you think you will be able to sell it for much more than bullion?
But if you didn't happen to have gold or silver (or heaven forbid you run out) couldn't you just use say rocks in your slingshot? I do understand...
Chinese fake. The distorted 3 in the date instantly identifies it as a fake. The 1873 two cent piece is also a proof only year. This clearly...
Just because the mint hasn't intervened doesn't change the fact that they are still government property. Stolen property is always stolen...
4% Weight tolerance figures for the Ike dollars are from the Coin World Almanac 1990 edition Pg 341 Different coin series have different...
How is a coin that was never authorized to be struck (The mint never ordered it to be made and the mint has no record of it ever being struck. It...
If you get 94 grams you have a clad coin or an underweight silver one. If you have a 99 gram weight you have a silver one or an overweight clad....
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