The coin is actually in an NCS slab Mike. And as you know, prior to recent changes at NGC and PCGS, if the coin didn't make it into a regular slab...
It could also be Venetian, maybe even Florentine, they have designs very similar to that one. How big is this coin ?
.01 See this coin, even with that degree of wear, the weight was less than 1/10th of a gram light. Everybody always finds it hard to believe...
Mine used to be hammered gold, especially ducats.
I'm not sure what exactly you are saying with this. But if I understand correctly you are saying that either ICCS or PCGS graded 1 of the two...
Anyone who thinks I am being overly harsh by saying these coins deserved to be bagged, please take a look at this one - [IMG] See that...
You'd have to show me before I'd believe it. I've weighed too many coins.
And it was definitely not made in 1570. That is merely the appropriate date for the subject of the medal.
He knows the grades because he cheated - he went an looked them up. Gotta give give him credit for being honest about it though. :thumb: Yes,...
Yeah, use the coin indexes.
ROTFL !! :thumb:
Affect it, yes. But coins do not lose any appreciable weight from wear. Even very worn coins still weigh to within a fraction of a gram of what...
I do not think there is even a remote possibilty that the coin has been whizzed. The flow lines are normal and undisturbed, the luster is normal,...
Howdy John - I know next to nothing about Chinese coins. If you'd post your questions and pics if possible in the World and Ancient section we...
I wouldn't bet on that mstng. I'd bet a lot that coin has been dipped. And if that is what Marauderrt10 meant when he said it had been...
Dunno how it would be possible to do so without his employer's knowledge. The employer would get the bill so he couldn't do it more than once.
Make that two of us ! No, not really. Obverse always counts more - any coin.
The employee is buying coins from his employer - and then reselling them.
Obverse always counts more. But a coin is graded no better than its worst side.
Good God ! Has it been 4 years already since that thing came out ? As I recall, total maximum mintage was 500,000. And if I recall it was a...
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