Paul's vacation ended 2 weeks ago. And he has visited the forum more than once in that time. He apparently has chosen not to post however.
No, it isn't easy at all. And there has never been one either. But what it is easy to do is to fake the entire thing. You make your own fake...
Proves what I have said all along - AT or NT - it is nothing but a guess. Same thing for the so called market acceptability. One can guess it is...
Read this - http://www.cointalk.com/t167644/
That would be great if it were true. Unfortunatley it isn't true. The reason it isn't true is because the exact same chemicals you speak of are...
No member has ever been banned, permanantly or temporarily, because of the subject being discussed. It has always been because of their personal...
People always seem to forget things. Things like the fact that a great many dealers use PVC flips when they sell you a coin even today. And pretty...
Since I am probably the first person to ever even bring up the subject, at least on this forum, and because it seems like people often seem to...
Why ? The only reason there is for any department to shut down is because the budget allocation has run out. The Mint has no budget allocation !...
While you don't find them every day it is not uncommon to find clad coins where there is no copper showing on the edge. This has been true for as...
True, but there are actually several dates that they will slab, over and above the '16 where only the last number of the date can be seen. But...
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Well, the scratch for one thing. It looks to have been harshly cleaned for another. But more than anything else the date is unreadable. They will...
If you are collecting with the idea of making a profit - don't. There are many, many reasons for this and they have been discussed countless times...
I don't see any way that coin would get into a regular slab.
Guys - I think the point that both of you are missing, and thus your disagreement, is this. Bag toned Morgans do look like that, and bag toned...
You can probably get a pretty good idea of what dates would be known for a good strike for many of the denominations by using this as a starting...
Read this thread - http://www.cointalk.com/t165916/
Yes Pillar dollars were silver, but escudos were gold.
It is a fake (copy) of a Spanish colonial 8 escudos.
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