What makes you think either of those coins have been doctored in any way ? I see nothing to make me think so. And I'd bet either of those would...
Just take it to a jewelry store and get it weighed. You need to know the weight to xx.xx grams. Odds are that will settle it for sure.
I learned a long time ago not to trust the color of coins in pictures as gold can look like silver and silver can look like gold very easily. It...
Actually, your biggest danger is the people you know personally - friends and family. People you would never suspect, and people you never believe...
turtledove - you can look up stuff like this on the Heritage web site and then you know what the value differences are and don't have to rely on...
Well for one thing it sure hasn't been in the water very long. Salt Water corrodes silver and that has few if any signs of corrosion. Kinda...
Every Morgan dollar is a VAM of some sort or another. And they are not errors, they are varieties. The VAM (Van Allen and Mallis) number just...
As I said in the other thread, it doesn't.
There really is no enforcement per se. PCGS filed a civil suit against several of the coin doctors, the suit got dismissed if memory serves. Other...
You may think it does, but an experienced eye will not. There are plenty of people who think that wiping a coin with a cloth works well, or a...
[IMG] Originally Posted by hontonai [IMG] Whoever makes, issues, circulates, or pays out any note, check, memorandum, token, or other obligation...
There's more to it than just identifying the flow lines though. But even if flow lines were the only thing involved, there would still be...
Can't do it with those pics.
We shall have to agree to disagree on that one. I've just seen too many coins get a whitish color on them after using acetone. But if rinsed in...
They might. They could also find themselves getting arrested too. And so may the buyers. Of course there's a pretty good profit in selling...
I don't disagree at all. Problem is, Congress does.
My point is why bother identifying it to begin with when it is random chance that determines it ? That's what I find stupid.
But there purpose was not to fool you into thinking they (Liberty dollars) were US currency. Their purpose was to get you to use them instead of...
I'm not implying anything, I'm saying flat out that the large majority of the American public like using dollar bills and absolutely hate using $1...
If you made a copy of a Liberty dollar, and it had COPY on it - it would be legal. But it is not legal to take an actual Liberty dollar and stamp...
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