I wonder how many counterfeits are so perfect no one will ever discover they are fake. The Henning nickel was so close. What if he or someone...
I understand the ratio is the same, but the absolute weight in your pocket is not, which is why I dump most change in a basket. A nickel, a...
One of the problems with buying fakes for study is that while the genuine coin will have only a few variables, things like weight tolerances and...
Of course the end of circulation for halves came over a period of years, but I think the time differed by region. My dad was a small town banker...
Perhaps it means the coin is basically white but has light toning.
I had assumed you meant This was a modern counterfeit. So are you saying this one is a contemporary counterfeit? Would that be like the man who...
If 800 spade was never issued, would this be a counterfeit or a fantasy issue? Totally ignorant here, so just wondering. I don't know how a...
I would not mind receiving any of these for free! I picked the Seated Liberty dollar simply because I don't have any seated liberty dollars. I...
Congratulations! I never found one, even though my after school job was wrapping coins at a local bank in the early 1960s, so I looked through...
Like Jeffjay, I didn't say I didn't buy anything from China. That would mean being a hermit who almost never bought anything. Just that I try...
Vet and verify everything. For decades counterfeit or adulterated products such as baby's formula and cat food have come from China. (They...
A few years ago I got this from circulation, or rather a high school student of mine did and gave it to me. I believe he said he got in change...
Very nice!!
I'm no expert, but if I were buying it, I'd accept MS-63 as accurate.
"Old" East India Company, made for the Straits Settlements (now part of Malaysia), 1/4 cent, 1845 (reverse slightly misaligned). Got this from a...
Not just walking about, but walking while sowing seeds: La Semeuse:[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This little piggie seems to be walking around, although he might be running. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This little bird is out for a walk at the beach:...
I think it's cool!
I'm not expert, especially of non-US issues, but comparing it to photos on Numista, I'd say there is much too much flattening of the wheat grains...
Cool find!
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