Like Doug said, "the odds are strongly in favor of it being fake" but if we can see pics of the coin, we might be able to say yea or nay! If...
I have always said and continue to say that Silver is, has been and should always be the better investment! However, based on the performance of...
I can't quote on whether it is considered an error or not! I find it tedious enough at times just to look at the Obverse and Reverse of many...
Benjy, First, the guy at the Coin Shop is a dummkopf (for dumbhead) but I could think of many more German terms for such an idiot! It is too...
Cool acquisition Catbert! Man or beast, I feel sorry for his' decendants!:eek: Frank
Bobbeth, I am sorry to hear about the loss of your Dad! Also, it is even worse that someone (a Hospice Nurse or other) would steal the coins...
Well, I guess Jefferson had the market cornered on that one!:rolling: Where do you think that little diddy "One little, two little, three little...
I agree! Better yet, see if you can find an Assayer that might test the Bar cheap or for free! Considering that you are young, a really nice...
Benjy, Research the background and history of the Park! Who knows, there may have been an old house, houses or other buildings on the site at...
Yes, they would stamp them! However, Brass...Bronze and Copper bars are usually much larger unless this bar was from the end of a smelting run....
Fantastic find! It could be a fairly old Gold Bar, so you might want to do some research on it. Even, if it is a rough bar from an early stage in...
I would have to go back and check out my' Cherrypicker's Guide! It seems that the Variety is fairly valuable...especially in MS grades, however,...
Jessash, Man you are on a run! Congrats! What you have is a Late Die Stage FS-25-1942D-101 (015) or Coneca 1-O-1 .... There should also be...
I grant you that the Die may have been suffering Die fatigue. However, the doubling on the Lettering is Southwest in one direction, thus it is a...
rockdude, LOL! We all do! Frank
Bill, I see what you mean but I still don't think that these lines are part of a mis-aligned Die Clash or even in respect to the line running...
I see nothing on the Date! Also, the Letters in "IN GOD WE TRUST" have actually been smashed or compressed, causing the to spread out West and...
Yeah, this type of doubling...especially on Proof coins is very hard to destinguish due to already thickness and Frosting of the Letters & Date...
I believe that it is minor Machine Doubling! Die Deterioration doubling generally has more of a smearing effect on the Letters! Frank
Yep, it is either a hammer job or squeeze job! Frank
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