If he gets some fool to buy it, I'd say the motivation is profit.
The restrikes were the made from the original dies, so within 19th century limits, the answer is yes. The piece I pictured above has the "pointing...
He probably had a lot more than four ... at least on the planet earth. Ben's son, who became the British governor of New Jersey, was born out of...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Benjamin Franklin American Ambassador to France The Franklin medal was Augustin Dupré’s personal tribute to his...
A Columbian half dollar leather pouch. Some pieces were sold in items like this. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And an Isabella Quarter, which was...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Nathaniel Greene The Battle of Eutaw Springs September 8, 1781 Nathanael Greene was George Washington’s most trusted...
Counterfeit or not, the gold dollar is a common date and obviously cleaned. Sending it in for grading was a fool’s errand. There is no money...
VF sharpness, but it has toning that reached the environmental damage stage. Whatever you do, don't try to clean it. That will only make it worse.
I had a book that listed a few hundred Lincoln Cent doubled dies. Many of them were so minor that it took a 10X or even a microscope to see them....
The Fugio Cents could be circulated as "coppers" which met you could spend them for somethng. Continental Currency was nothing but worthless or...
One way to protect yourself is to know that the off-center variety was only made in 1795. If you see one with any other date, you know it's bad.
Well, it's possible. Let's put it that way.
Here are enhanced photos of the counterfeit gold dollar. The item is missing a lot of the fine design detail, and yet it appears to have full...
I have read that one of the reasons why these 1776 dated factional Continental Currency pieces were so common was that large numbers of them were...
On this design, the "LIBERTY" in incuse, into the surface of the coin. Therefore it is one of the last devices that would be worn off of this...
The “R” and “T” look odd too. Are we sure this piece is genuine? With all counterfeits around these day, anything is possible. The Chinese are...
Daniel Morgan, John Howard and William Washington Battle of the Cow Pens (South Carolina) January 17, 1781 In 1780 the British shifted...
Here is a 1909 Plain Matte Proof cent. It does not show that much more detail. The loss of detail on the 1968 cents was in the hair, coat and...
That might be true for a PCGS – CAC approved coin, but it’s lot less certain for an NGC – CAC approved piece.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is a classic medalet from the 1884 presidential election. That year Grover Cleveland became the first Democrat to win the...
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