Wood 33 Blacksmith PD Counterstamp - 7th known specimen on EBAY. JPL
AMEN. Stay with xylol ... for your coppers. LOL. JPL
Sparrow - I am wring a new book on contemporary counterfeits. I find your level of expertise very illuminating. If you could write say a five page...
CoinChemistry 2012 - Although its my own fault here ... every collector regardless of his numismatic level has his own self training, inhibitions...
Probably die polishing. Interesting - both raised and recessed lines. Since raised and the recessed lines are from wear (not lamination) it seems...
I guess one question I forgot to ask does this coin have a cartwheel surface effect? If yes - do not touch - maybe that's your trigger to submit...
I do find the knowledge of coin cleaning and collectors fascinating on all levels and the built in inhibitions collectors have and rightfully so -...
Copper is added for hardness and its this trace alloy creating this orange to reddish spots. Its natural and shows the coin has its original...
I am writing a book on counterfeits. If that $1 is a fake I like to include it in my newbook. The color is off but will do SEM/EDS and XRF...
Yes - JWT - I can tell from the locked-in 20thC Type collector responses here on this channel ... as Dave Bowers once said: The average collector...
I agree GD - World Coins. U.S> Market is too crazy. Its all numbers and $$$ - on slabs. Even U.S. Colonials have hit the WALL ... watch these...
I evolved with collecting information First - then the coin. I think Foreign Coins now like Mexican Coins gives you much more for your buck....
The examples of contemporary circulating counterfeits is numerous. I usually measure the breadth/Knowledge of a collector on how many/different...
See Robert Gurney's new book on Counterfeit 8 Reales on Amazon Books. See the link - LOOK INSIDE. In the first 300 pages it talks about these...
I do feel for these guys ... its a great show ... always something ... been going so long I even have my dealer hit list now standardized. Always...
Lucky .. I am a local and live in New Jersey.
I will be at the NYINC on Saturday January 10 and if you have any counterfeit Spanish American pieces bring them to the 3PM MNA Meeting for...
I don't buy modern junk. Canadian Blacksmith Tokens. Remember your history!
If anybody has any Chinese Fakes or they feel their pieces are Chinese fakes there will be a dealer there with an XRF gun. Contact me again...
If anybody needs information on the new Counterfeit 8 Reales book by Gurney, Nichols & Lorenzo see Charlie Davis (book seller) at the NYITL. I...
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