Quite true. But I think it should be pointed out that Chip's comment is just another single example of thousands of others just like it where...
The tokens can be all over the map, but the genuine Spade Guinea should be 8.35 gm.
And the discussion of those tells could go a long ways yet if people would post specific coins they want to know about. It could be coins they...
Just thinking out loud here. For example, if you go back and read the actual rules that started this -...
And so should everyone else. If they did, there would never be any confusion over the term and people would have a much better understanding of...
I wasn't saying they weren't counterfeits, not at all. What I was trying to point out was a problem with your definition, specifically #1. The...
Question for you, what do you do or what do you call it when #1 and #3 are both the same thing ? Case in point, for over 150 years the Russian...
Simple answer, because harshly/improperly cleaned coins have been harmed or damaged, if you prefer that word, by the harsh/improper cleaning. I...
My guess is something partially scraped them off - the INCE. Notice how the lines are only on the raised letters - not the fields. Whether that...
Personally, I think yours is far worse than than either of those. And if it was cleaned, I think it would look worse than it does now because I...
It has been estimated by knowledgeable people that they made them by the millions. There are even some where the middle east mintage exceeds the...
Purely my opinion, but my concern would be that it might be put in a problem coin slab once they cleaned it. I even think it's possible that might...
No, it results in the truth coming out, and decades old misinformation being countered ;) I imagine "she says" a lot. The question my friend is...
With the key phrase being "for sure" - no they cannot, and neither can anybody else. Yes both are forms of corrosion. But there are many...
It's almost a certainty that they were there before the coin was ever sent in - they just couldn't be seen until after the cleaning because...
Just to give you an example Lev, the Netherlands govt. had known for well over a 100 years that the Russians were counterfeiting their gold...
True. Also true. However, that doesn't mean that you can't combine quality and bargains. For example, part of the reason that I used to love...
Yup, then the TPGs could say - we certify that mule to be a horse ;) I completely agree, they may as well do it Mike, they've been doing for 15...
And that's a good answer, a good solution, but only to a point. And I say that because not all slabbed coins are equal, even when they are graded...
Not really, not when you are aware of and understand the history of counterfeiting. And or the history of one or more countries using, preferring...
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