Probably never. I've been doing this for 48 years stainless, and I still make mistakes. Just learn from them and you'll be fine ;)
Possible yes, but this coin looks like somebody whittled on it trying to get it to the correct weight. Color is easy.
With a BIG stick !! [IMG]
1 - no idea 2 - 3 - 4 - is a thaler from Hungary from the Kremnitz mint. This date, 1693 is listed as a rare coin. You really should...
spock - not tryin to make ya feel bad. But the glare on the first couple make it pretty tough, the others are out of focus. I suspect you took...
To tell ya the truth it looks more like an altered coin to me.
Regardless of what you read here, or what you "think" - talk to an accountant if you want the truth. And you want to stay out of trouble with the IRS.
Can't say much based on those pics.
Joe - all Morgans are VAMS. It's just that some of them are more popular and thus better known than others - like this one. Nice coin !
It's easy Ryan. The next time you want to scan a coin, place 2 of those 2x2 holders on top of each other on the scanner bed first. Then take the...
The genuine 1909-O has the mint mark often doubled, to the left. That's the only real diagnostic I can find, but it doesn't apply to all examples.
You're speculating Frank, the records say otherwise. By the way, I even checked the Eliasberg catalogs. Scott struck his coins with the original,...
Well, most would disagree with you Bone. So would the US courts.
They are. But when you are dealing with very well known collections of historical significance of coins that you don't find every day - wouldn't...
Frank - If you read what it says about the Scott restrike - "Scott obtained the original Confederate States of America half dollar die in...
The ones I can think of right off would be the British Trade dollar, the Spanish colonial 8 reales (not just from Mexico but Bolivia, Peru,...
Well Ruben, if New York was within a single day's driving distance - maybe I would. But since it's clear across the country .........
Read carefully what you find here and you'll have a better understanding - Varieties and Errors
There is no doubt in my mind that they do.
Just stick aorund and read all the posts, you'll see dozens of them in a very short time.
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