[ATTACH] A recent acquisition that looks like a sunset scene in an old western. An MS64 but with a lot of style points for eye appeal!
Apparently they are either HOT!!!! or someone cannot read the price guide.
Well here is the strange happening of the year so far with the SMH. I am building a grading set and needed a Poor 01 coin. One came up on eBay...
[ATTACH] Just when you thought it was safe to go outside this article appeared...…. For those of you who know or remember physics much better...
I did get a high res image from NGC that helped greatly understand why they identified them as counterfeit. There are some obvious flaws. Even...
Actually studying dies, die cracks, DDO/DDR, and other issues. I am getting old enough and shaky enough that using a microscope is just easier....
I haven't seen those, do you have a article link?
Well the high silver content throws me. The Morgan counterfeits that I bought to study were all made from some base metal.
A nicely toned acquisition this week and an MS67 to boot. I need to get it under a microscope since the toning can hide a lot of sins. But I...
Well I just finished an email conversation with NGC on them and for some reason the images they sent me remind me of a certified coin die. I am...
I just found this thread and the ANA had an article on the counterfeit Stone Mountain coins. I want to see more of them to understand if they...
The article talked about two or three tells. One is a softened or weak rump on Traveler together with some tooling marks down where the horse's...
In the April issue of The Numismatist the ANA reported that there is a known counterfeit SMH that has been around since the 1980s. It seems that...
Ran into a parking lot tire or someone played with it in their shop with an orbital sander.
I was one of them and I just did not have the insight to bite the bullet. If I had just mortgaged the farm and bought 100 sets...…….. Oh...
True and the unknown variables might just be demand, ungraded PR70 coins, and future demand. Looking at the modern bullion sets on the PCGS...
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