The Netherlands ducat was primarily a trade coin, so while I am not positive I suspect it stopped being used as that in the late 1800's. Some...
Maybe right in front of the upper lip, but the chin and nose sure isn't the result of a chipped die. Never seen anything quite like that.
ROTFL !! But I'll still getcha for that ziggy :D
Jim a better idea is to forget sending it in. All almost of them grade MS69 so why spend $80-$100 to have them tell you what you already know ?
Believe it or not there is a machine that can actually shrink real coins. But the OP's coin is just what Larry said it was, not a shrunken coin.
Did you think I was saying it wasn't ? I'm probably the biggest fan of that book that there has ever been.
Miss something ? No. But I don't think understand how it works. Clad planchets are all made the same, a copper core clad with an outer layer of...
There have been similar ideas before, but in the end it never worked out. The cost is too prohibitive and there are never enough orders to even...
This will help some - http://www.cointalk.com/t14112/ But books will do a lot more. But it depends on the type of coins and or time period that...
Please post a picture of it so we know what you are talking about.
No argument there. But, depending on what you want to learn, you would be well advised to spend your money on books that will actually help reach...
petronius - let me ask you a question. Since it is a known fact that no 2 coins of the same grade are alike - how could one possibly grade a coin...
Honestly, I wouldn't buy that. There are too many other sets out there that are still in complete original packaging - that one is not.
No, no gold coin is used in commerce anywhere in the world. These are only sold to collectors.
It is but it is not uncommon. It happens when the dies are not aligned correctly.
When it comes right down to it, you can't. The only way to prove it is legitimate is to send the slabbed coin in to the TPG and have them verify...
Last I heard out on his own in the coin biz.
There is no way to avoid it, at least no legal way.
FYI - don't pay much attention to estimates given by auction houses. Actual realized prices can be all over the map, higher, lower, close - anywhere.
Kasia, I just couldn't help myself. Devil made me do it :devil: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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