If you wish to be assured that your coins are genuine and that the assigned grade is even somewhat close - you have 4 choices and only 4 choices...
The size of a coin was generally dictated by two things - its denomination and its metal content. The denomination determined value and for the...
if you are talking about verdigis, the green colored corrosion often seen on coins, YES it can and will spread to other coins if it comes into...
The US Mint buys the gold & silver it uses for coinage on the open market - it can come from anywhere. They manufacture the ASE, AGE and APE for...
It's not a farthing. The size of the coin is one way to tell, but there is another. The farthings of the period had a much smaller bust on the...
Howdy TeamSpeed - Welcome to the Forum !! If it is an error, it is the first of its kind that I have ever heard of. I suggest you do a few...
They were important. They acted as the representatives of the King. It was their lives on the line if the coins were found to contain less silver...
It's rediculous - at best the item is worth the gold content, nothing more. And assuming it does contain 1/4 oz of gold that would be approx...
Well it was the color difference that was making me wonder :confused: I would agree that the first coin is British half penny. Its value...
I have great many very good and detailed books ;) An assayer is a person who test the metal content of coins to assure that they are of a...
The J & D are the intials of the assayers - Jose Rodrriguez and Domingo Eyzaguirre.
24K is pure.
Ian was posting while I was looking these up. I'd happily take his word on the Austrian coin. But I think he missed the date on the Hungarian - I...
The coin on the far left, the copper one, appears to be an 8 maravedis struck in Spain 1602 - 1620. The Maria Theresa coin I think is a...
The coin you are describing is a 10 centimes struck in bronze. The mint mark K stands for Bordeaux and they struck 8,871,000 of the coins in 1856....
Howdy coinpoor - Welcome to the Forum !! It would be quite difficult to obtain a value for a coin like that. About the best chance you would...
Howdy Dazman - Welcome to the Forum !! First of all I would suggest that you get a copy of the Official A.N.A. Grading Standards for United...
I would say the coin would grade at MS62 or MS63. But it is very hard to grade a coin based on pictures. In MS62 grade the coin would be worth...
Spider, do some searches here for words like picture, camera, photography - you'll come up with a lot of helpful information ;)
Howdy lakebreeze - Welcome to the Forum !! I split your question off and started a new thread to avoid confusion. If you can post a pic of the...
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