Do you have a link to that discussion? Might be interesting to see the other comments. I don't have any skin in this game either, I'm just...
You have to be a member of ANA to view the Numismatist archives. If you're a member, it's easy to find, if not, link would be useless. The author...
The article mentioned above debunks that. While they likely originated with Eva Adams, the first sale occurred in 1990, and she didn't die until...
OK, you made me look for it. November 2024 Numismatist "The 1964 Special Mint Sets: Special or Not?". Extensively researched article. Heretical to...
I would say that like yours, other people have them and know they have them, they just haven't bothered getting it attributed. Nice score!
Interesting (perhaps) tidbit - the pattern coin for the Barber dime series simply reused the Seated Liberty reverse. I don't know if that was the...
I was wondering if someone would mention that. Wasn’t the whole 1964 SMS thing debunked a while back? i.e. they don’t exist. Maybe it involved the...
Don’t hold your coins like that. Fingerprints never come off.
I was thinking of that exact example. The Chinese may have counterfeited these counterfeits! Maybe knowingly or accidentally. I wonder if anyone...
I guess legally they can't "deface" someone else's property; I just wish there was something more they could do for the obvious Chinese crap,...
I make a distinction between historical contemporary counterfeits that were intended to fool the marketplace, and counterfeits intended to fool...
Seems to me that your sample size is too small and there are too many variables to draw any conclusions about auction houses. Just in the 5...
Yes I think it's called an "everyman" set which is only circulated coins, so of course they all go after AU58 or AU58+. Most of my Barber quarters...
Your 1922 looks really close to VAM-2EO. Yours has an extra crack near 9 though and the one through the neck is not as advanced below WE....
Correct, formerly the Field Museum. Marshall Field (department store founder) funded the construction.
I believe the Field Museum is the only remaining building from the Columbian Exposition....
I haven't and I wouldn't spend money just to warn people on ebay. Ebay doesn't care about counterfeits. What interests me more are the ones a TPG...
Good score. I love an AU58 Barber, often way more appealing than MS62-63 and cheaper.
It's actually slightly more than a metric tonne, 32500 ozt which is 2228.6 lbs. I'm not that greedy so I'd probably get this one. Also it's...
I think it's simpler to assume that the master design hub from 1883-1908 created a master die for 1909 that was then punched with the date, then...
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