You answered your own question - the weight.
Apparently one of the moderators closed it because they thought it was getting off topic and turning into a political discussion.
I think they are worth more because I believe the coins have a shot at being graded as MS64. Yes - I would go along with recommending NGC. If the...
Sorry chocho - I know next to nothing about colonials :(
What makes you think this ? Olive oil contains an acid, it's a mild acid to be sure, but still an acid. That's why ancient collectors use it to...
Not sure if it was 3 of if was 4 years ago - but they did.
No, not like that at all. I was hoping you see the difference if you looked at the two types. In your picture, yes, the red area is the wire rim....
What coin or coins in particular ?
It's not so much that what you were doing was wrong - you just weren't using all of the information. The pics in the grading books are the pitts -...
Guilty :kewl: But I think YOU'VE graduated beyond the monster category :D
Howdy Lauren - Welcome to the Forum !! Like the the others have said, if it were me I would probably keep the coins. I would definitely get...
tcore - Read the text and look closely at the pics - hopefully that will explain it. CLICK HERE
I may have created a monster :kewl: Another nice addition Rickie ;)
First of all it's not a colonial, it's a French coin. It was issued by Louis XIIII of France and struck at the Lyon mint. It had a mintage of...
Easy answer, if you had a newer edition of the ANA Guide. In 1986 the ANA announced that the standards it was using were too lenient and that...
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If Clark says it's genuine - that would be good enough for me. The reason the metal composition is different than that listed in Krause is because...
I'd say ya got a nice b-day present there :thumb:
I gotta go with F 15 too. The reverse might make VF, but I don't think the obverse does. To make Vf half the details in the leaves need to be...
You could go to the drugstore and buy a magnifying glass with a 4" lense - they make 'em up to about 4 power.
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