What keyed it for me was the star outlines. They should be evenly spaced and come together sharply at the junctions. Look at the inner junction...
I didn't bother looking too much at the one on the right because it was obviously not the N-9. The one on the left has the correct reverse for...
If Dansco make a blank album you can get the gold lettering and apply it yourself just like you can for labeling the individual holes. Check with...
The NGC slabs from 1988 to August of 2000 had holograms on the outside of the outside of the holder that were not well bonded to the plastic....
Looks to me like a charm made to resemble a Byzantine coin. But I'm no expert on Byzantine coins either.
I haven't bid on a Stacks Bowers auction but I would assume the procedure is the same as for other auction houses. First you will have to...
Let me guess, the coppernickel clad layers extend out beyond the copper core so it appears to have a groove all the way around the edge. The...
The OP coin is definitely a contemporary counterfeit.
Depends on when the original were made. If they were using 19th century dies it's easy. The early bronze medals have a mahogany brown color...
Everybody knows which coin is going to go way up, the problem is that everyone knows a different coin, and everyone is wrong. :)
KM 1032 It appears to only be made in proof. About a tenth oz 9999 fine gold. I'd call it bullion and my copy of Krause says the mintage was...
Spend it and give someone else a thrill.
By all means go, but a word of warning. You WILL experience sensory overload, and no other show your ever go to will seem to measure up. It is...
Not a coin, it is a "coin like" object made for use in jewelry.
I think the entire date has been redone on the electrotype because the digit font and spacing doesn't match anything. And I think the obverse has...
No it wasn't because they didn't confiscate the gold, they required it to be turned in and they paid the current official price for the gold of...
Nope, it is just an altered date. Once you understand how the dies were made it is clear that a 3913 date would be impossible. All the dies...
It's called post mint damage. :D
But who decides what "just compensation" is? The same people doing the compensating. (Just like the TPG's if they downgrade your coin. They...
They can arrange that.
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