Actually the stripes on the shield are correct.
I think he means What sheisters did in the 1800's to obsolete bank notes, by altering things on the notes, was pretty amazing! Even clearer...
There are also people on ebay selling fake mint set envelopes and people buy them to put searched mint sets in, seal them, and then sell the sets...
Did you note the question mark in the first sentence from that ad? "A new limited-issue of the legendary Brasher Gold Doubloon has just been...
I'm not even sure it's illegal. If he was doing it with fraudulent intent then yes it would be, but he describes it for what it is and says that...
I don't think it is a die crack. Looks more like a strike through.
The proper term is repousse, the embossing of a raised image by pressing an image in from behind. Embossing or pop-out is about as good.
Here is a close up of the date area. You can see there is a lot of separation between the two images of the date. If the coin is worn enough...
Not dimes, no room.
If it is actually a foldover strike it should weigh 2.5 grams. If it is part of a deteriorating die cap it should weigh less. Of course now that...
Yes some stations did do that. It was no official policy, just something the individual station owners did. The owner got silver and the driver...
It's a good chance he was one of the perps or at least he will probably know them. His fingerprints were found inside the car.
I wouldn't really say they were "lost" but until just recently I didn't really know where my chain cents were. I thought one was here on the...
I learned with Penny Whimsy and it is a great book, but if you get one make sure you don't get the 1990 edition, the plates are horrible. most...
That is a cud, more specifically a rim cud because it does not extend out into the design.
Still looks like there is an impact at that location. Another possibility is a bubble formed from heating that then collapsed during cooling.
Do you remember late 2008 when the economy melted down? Well when that happened TONS of coins came pouring out of jars, buckets, cans etc from...
I'm betting that up until around 1862 people were very happy to get dollar coins. Just that most of them were Spanish milled dollars. US dollar...
I'd liked large cents for a long time and I joined EAC in 1982. In 1985 I began to seriously collect the Draped bust coins because I really liked...
True, but a "tiny spot of PVC residue" doesn't need an extended soak either. If you have enough residue on the coins that it can't be removed...
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