And he described it as gold - it isn't. That's about the only leg you'd have to stand on. I doubt eBay would do anything. The seller also has no...
Your best bet to find approximate values would be to search the Completed Auctions on ebay. You can do that here - Completed Listings , but you...
You've been given the definitions, but the simple answer to your question is that it is just a different finish on the coins.
No, that's not it. That is an entirely differnt coin - read the legends. But it is similar to yours. I'm still not sure exactly what yours is.
I do see what you are talking about, never seen anything quite like it.
It is absolutely fake - appears to be brass.
For your sake I hope it is the pictures, but based on them the coin appears to have been harshly cleaned and polished.
The weight is exactly what it should be, I suspect you are correct.
He was permanently banned from Coin Talk for his repeated refusals to follow forum rules.
If they did make a mistake, it would be the first I ever heard of in regard to authenticity.
Howdy bespetna - Welcome to the Forum !! The coin you have is a Venetian ducat, not thousands of years old but hundreds. The pictures do...
Yes, it is slabbed by ANACS.
And how many purchases do you think you'd have to make ( at wholesale prices ) to cover that ?
You speak with scorn and derision as if gold and silver were somehow better, but they weren't in reality. The Indians who used wampum as money...
EF details - harshly cleaned.
And it's truly a beauty :bow:
It's not that they didn't catch it, it's that when it was slabbed the person who submitted it did not request error or variety attribution and pay...
No form of money is inferior to any other as long as it is still accepted as money, its very nature determines that.
First of all are you sure that it's paint and not gold plating on the coins ? In either case the coins are for all intents and purposes ruined and...
Why ? Who says that gold and silver retain their value ? For that matter who says that gold and silver have any value to begin with ? No, I'm not...
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