Yeah, just sit tight and be patient. In a day or two another member who knows the coin will come along, see this thread, and identify the coin for...
There are exceptions to almost everything baha. But a few exceptions do not make anything so. The advice given in this thread about trusting...
There are exceptions Guy, like the coins you speak of. But those exceptions do not mean that what I said is not true. It merely means they are...
Pretty sure it's from Denmark, but I can't identify the denomination. Date looks to be 1651, maybe 1657.
You win the kewpie doll :D Because people want to be the one who started the thread. They want to be the one who posted the news - first. And...
Because they didn't save all of them, so many of them got put into circulation. But there were a lot that were saved, and that's why there are so...
I don't think anybody is defending him, least of all me. What I and the others are trying to say is this. The coin was doctored in such a way that...
This thread will help some, but it's basically saying what you have already been told - http://www.cointalk.com/t193751/
And if buy these already slabbed, NGC & PCGS, you need to know that when it comes ot grading the TPGs are all over the map with grading. There is...
I agree, it's a cast fake. Made of base metal with a silver wash. The silver wash is what is coming off.
Now here are pics of a couple of different 1765 M 8 reales. You can plainly see portions of the legends that intrude into the denticles, as well...
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Actually, they aren't. The edge design was always added after the coin was struck. Yes and no. Because the edge design was added post strike it...
All quite true. That said, I would trust the realized prices on Heritage way, way, before I would ever trust the realized prices on ebay ! Why ?...
The underlined and bold sentence in your comments are where we disagree. It simply isn't true. In the first place, just because there is one...
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I have all sorts of doubts about you. And I suspect I am not alone in that ;)
Can't. There won't be any that meet my standards :D
Ehhhh - I'd buy it but I wouldn't be happy unless I could have two of 'em ;)
There is no answer, but there's a lot of guesses. Some of those guesses are even educated. And some are not. The US Mint tried to claim that...
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