Nope. "with intent to defraud, falsely makes" Means you first need the intent to defraud. If you falsely make it without the intent to defraud,...
Yep. I disagree there. To me genuine is: Genuine dies Genuine planchets That's it. If a coin is struck with genuine dies and genuine planchets...
When I buy coins from Europe or Asia, if I care about the coins getting here, I always have the shipper send it EMS. It's more expensive, but it...
I don't have any new concerns, and almost all coins I buy are sent from Europe.
Why would a seller hide a cert number?
No, if it's made by the original mint with genuine dies like that, it becomes a fantasy piece or an unauthorized (but genuine) strike. Those are a...
The opposite is also true. Sometimes coins with die polish or die deterioration lines come back as details hairlined when there are no hairlines...
It's not so much about the plastic polish (I use Novus), but more about how you polish the slab. The lights you use to illuminate the coin will...
Great coins.
The 8 florin was for international trade, under the Latin Monetary Union system. It was valued at 20 francs. 1892 is the last year it was struck,...
I never said you were confusing them. I was making a general statement about grading. Believe me, I understand your argument. I am actually on...
No, no, no! You're getting this dead wrong. There is an absolute world of difference between a coin where the details are missing because they...
About 50% of the halves I get from my bank are silver, and the vast majority are 40%. I've only gotten a few that are 90%s. I don't search...
Legally I believe the Fenton coin is considered to be the Farouk coin. Whether it was the Farouk coin originally is immaterial. Either way, if...
It's free money, with no risk.
They may not care about the money but they care about the coin. They are also likely not a fool. The Farouk example isn't just going to be traded...
Someone spending that much on a coin is going to get something to establish the provenance with it.
I literally explained to you why this was incorrect.
The population of genuine and fake slabs increases every day.
It's not increased 100 times! Probability is non-linear. If you roll a 10 sided die one time you have a 10% chance of rolling a 1. If you roll the...
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