No rush - we'll be here ;)
It is a very, very crude fake.
Based on the pics I can't say for sure, but it looks as if all of them have at least partial rims except the '76. There are many possible reasons....
No I don't know - I would suggest asking NGC. All it takes is an email or phone call.
Tell ya what Speedy, you get 'em to move the show's location so it's not 2000 thousand miles away - preferably under 400 - and I'll go ;)
Yes - they all had it. At the time - that was the norm.
When I started this thread - I had THIS THREAD in mind. Now I am only using this thread as an example - it in no way proves anything. But you...
As you know, I know NOTHING about asian coinage - but that certainly looks like a cast copy to me.
I think you attached the wrong file to this post - it is the same coin as in your first post. But it sounds like, from your description, that...
It could be a lot of things, but more information is needed to try and determine an answer. What are the dates on the coins ? Pictures would help...
I can't say for sure, but it appears as if the coin was weakly struck and has undergone normal wear. As for the coloring, I think the coin may...
Apparently you still don't get it. No one has ever said that any of the coins you have participated in discussing WERE fakes. It has ONLY been...
You did read that - what you didn't read is that I had a change of heart afterwards :D Yup - and I'm still waiting for the whole gang to get...
Anybody going to the Vegas show Mar. 4th, 5th & 6th ? I hope to meet a few friends there and meet a few others I've never had the pleasure of...
Yes, the higher relief would be nice - but they won't do it. It's a matter of cost. Higher relief designs result in shorter die life - shorter die...
I never said a word about "buying" fakes - only about studying them. And before you say it - yes they can be studied without buying them....
I strongly disagree with this comment as it makes absolutely no sense. For how could one even recognize that a coin was counterfeit without...
Eventually yes, but until the die fails, or starts to fail, it results in thicker rims.
The issue, if you wish to call it that is this. He writes an article saying how the WI SQ is not really a variety/error worthy of any recognition...
Dagnab it - there you go again !! :eek: Gettin so a guy can't keep ANY secrets :rolleyes:
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