"Seams" like this can throw me too. Unfortunately not one diagnotic for fakes, because any ONE of them can be explained. The rest of the coin...
I have always semi-hated the geographical organization of "Greek" coins. Its somewhat understandable, yet I collect a lot of oddball things....
Yeah he is mad. He is mad that a "coin dealer" did not know this. Well, guess what, they are not coins! One of the reasons I buy coins instead of...
One main reason foreign gold can sell for less is less people "collect" them by date, and it's harder to authenticate. Dealers are not gods, they...
If for gold investment, all you want is certainty it is real. As long as it's a recognized name, TPG will not matter. The differences come in the...
Heck, I will admit I am jealous of many coins here. @Alegandron has a Shapur I tetradrachm I would love to own. :)
First, I am glad others are telling Donna just to keep it so it's not just me. Second, @Nathan B. , I miss every coin I have ever sold. I don't...
Legal tender is simply what is decreed by the government as legal money. In the US, that includes what you mention. Coinage acts declare that the...
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