Manipulating the facts to sell things for an inflated and egregious price could be considered a scam.
The guys in the Ancients forum are really, really good. If you post these over there, someone may be able to help you. I've got nothing.
I live in a decent sized metro area (around 750k), and there are only two small shops here in this area. There are a couple of pawn shops that...
GC is great for common, mid value coinage. They take adequate pictures, and payment arrives promptly. It sounds like, for the material you are...
The one on the left is an imitation of a Jewish coin from the time of the Roman occupation. It looks like the kind of trinket you would get in a...
He's from China, and says he just sells what's supplied to him.... yeah, no red flags there! I am not familiar with these coins at all - can you...
I agree, except there is a definite cleaning.
Single sided PLs can be beautiful, but they make me sad to think what might have been. The advantage is, if you're going to display them then...
Study, study, study. Use the pictures here for reference: https://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/Morgan/Grades If you have access to an auction, go...
Did you buy these are problem pieces, or did you pay full price for them and then have the slabs returned this way? The 50/00 is still cool,...
The hidden mechanism that opens up to show the gold part is insanely cool. I can't recall seeing something like that on a "hobo" dollar before.
I'm a little late to this thread, but I was going to say 40 myself. The wear on her hair and cheek is too much for an AU. There is no luster...
Yes, it has definitely been cleaned. The good news, however, is that the coin appears to be genuine. Trade dollars are highly counterfeited, but...
Not to throw a wrench at you, LordM, but the issues of outfits like the East India Company are considered coins, aren't they? And they were a...
When the entire host coin is covered up, it is called an overstrike. When much of the host remains visible, but the reissuing authority just puts...
Not entirely sure what you mean by that?
If you search heritage archives, there are 92 ancient and 1642 US coins with this description. Whizzed and smoothed mean very different things....
It is hard to flip your screen upside down on a computer. However, my computer died and I'm working on my tablet. I lock the screen and flipped it...
Do you really need both As and Bs? I guess that is up to you, but I think the best advice is to build an A album and a separate B album.
He'll argue with you every step of the way, and you'll never be able to convince him you're right. But, i'll give Doug this - he is quite...
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