Quite correct. The boxed sets would be the exception though as they were wrapped with the brown packing tape. However, that brown tape, and the...
I think that sums it up quite nicely ;)
And as I pointed out - all that matters is that you are sued. For once you are sued you have to pay the lawyers to get out of the suit or have the...
Not only that, but is it really worth it ? I mean the few dollars more, if any, that the coin would bring in the PCGS slab is often not even worth...
It's a French jeton just like they say it is. I am no expert on these but I see no reason to think it isn't genuine.
Just a WAG - but I'd guess because those scuff marks from 12 to 1 o'clock and at 4 o'clock (these in particular) removed the toning. Take a...
Matt do you have the Sewall Menzel book ? If you don't, you need to get it.
Matt - What you have there is a 2 reales from Mexico, not Peru. It was minted between 1548 and 1567 under the assayer Luis Rodriguez. It is a...
Because there is little to no market for them.
Info is correct. The suit did involve comments made on rcc, they were about ACG (Accugrade), and Peter the owner of this site was one of those who...
Then I suspect the problem is the scanner itself, not the method. If you scan an object flat on the glass is it in focus ? I suspect not....
Read here - http://www.cointalk.com/t46564/ But there is only one known to exist.
Simple reason they don't circulate - the majority of the US public does not like to use them. Same reason the dollar coins don't circulate.
While I understand what you are saying about the upper loops Mike, using those loops as the diagnostic is somewhat subjective. However, using...
The bottom serif looks bulbous to me. If you think of the bottom serif only - at about 9 o'clock there is a light reflection, but that is still...
This one thing, all by itself, even if you didn't know anything else about the coin, is absolute proof the coin is a fake. No, but I suspect...
From what I can see, the SBA and dime are type 1. Rest are type 2.
That depends on how you define good. The problem with buying lots is that most of the time you end up looking through coins that many others have...
Jesse - The problem with distinguishing an SMS coin from a business strike coin arises when a nice business strike, or a not so nice SMS is...
I can only report to you what has actually happened and been written about either in forums and/or the numismatic press. Even the professional...
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