Looks like a cast fake to me.
Well that covered a 16 year period, but yes, it was. And no, I still won't discuss it :p
Oh it's French alright. I suspect it was a counterfeit chaise d'or from the 1300's, probably Philip VI. I say counterfeit because it is obviously...
In looking through all the books I have I cannot find it. But numerical countermarks were somewhat common usually used to denote the local...
I don't anymore of course, but I used to routinely spend over $20k a year on coins.
Take the exact same coin, not 2 of the same date and mint, the exact same coin. Offer it for sale raw, sight seen, to a group of educated...
As long as you accurately describe what you did, no harm no foul.
I did ;)
Yes, the slabs are all the same size regarding outside dimensions. That's why they stack and interlock with one another. But the point being...
It looks like a fake slab to me.
Prices for pretty much everything have been dropping Mike. Some a lot.
Short answer - no. Even the best of the best of experts cannot definitively say that a given coin is AT or NT. The current determination is to say...
If you are referring to the fake slabs out there, there are ways to identify them. It would be much easier if you would just post a quality...
Since olive oil is an acid and contains organic materials - I can assure you it did damage them. As to the original question, as always it...
I guess one of the things you still need to learn is that there are no "rules" when it comes to buying and selling in this hobby. But there are...
No, you're right, It was something else I was remembering. It's in this thread where we were discussing the same basic subject -...
That's the point, it cannot be mistaken for one. It is a label error only, not a mistake made by the graders. All such things are label errors....
Nope, you did not do anything wrong. It's just that sometimes some of our members, epsecially those who have not been here long - forget the rules.
Yeah I know. And I used to argue the point that the TPG's did not go through periods of tightening and lossening, that they held the line on...
They can be found both ways. But since the 40% coins have an outer layer of .800 silver it is more common for them to not show the clad layers on...
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