Sure wouldn't go THAT far Frank. More like your neighborhood cop.
You can look it up on Heritage easy enough.
As with anything else, it's a matter of definitions and opinion. What you (or another) might consider to be flaming or attacking, may not be what...
No, there was a gold 2 ducat coin of that design issued in 1642.
If it was fake they wouldn't slab it at all, so I'd say it's in a Genuine holder with harsh cleaning and tooled notations.
Based on what I can see in the pics the rev does have some hairlines that might lead some to think the coin had been improperly cleaned. Of course...
Please post pics of the side of both coins. They do appear to be genuine and the 1669 coin is also countermarked. I'll try and look that up as well.
If I disagreed with that I wouldn't have made the warning I did in this thread.
Coin dealers are no different than any other people, they come in all shapes, sizes and personality types. You can also find them with a wide mix...
You would be amazed at how many dealers have no idea whatsoever that a coin they have/sell is a fake. They get fooled all the time. Just...
Can't say for sure because I've never tried to do it myself. But I think you use what is called a mask. A mask is a semitransparent image that you...
Because if everybody agreed there wouldn't be anything else to say now would there ? You can call it an argument, sometimes it is. But more...
There are always exceptions, so yes, some coins have sold for good money in recent auctions. But looking at the larger picture of the market as a...
Regarding the coin, the original was struck in .986 gold of course weighing 7gm. Austria makes many restrikes, even today, of their older coinage....
No, it wasn't. It was two words actually, the first was - bad, and the second had 3 letters and started with A.
I agree.
Once stripped of its luster, which is what over-dipping does, a coin will never again tone like it did when it had luster. Luster is what makes a...
I agree completely, it is the lack of one. But let me give you an example. I'd say you have vast experience in being able to tell one color from...
And you do not find all of the little raised metal bumps, and pockmarks, literally all over the coin, but worse on the rims and legends, to be an...
They are purrrrrty ! :thumb:
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