Well, since which it is seems to have been revealed, I'll say that the diagnostic aspect regarding #2 that jumped out at me was how far the...
The vote has evened up quite a bit. When I weighed in, it was 7-0 for #1 being the fake. Aside from the photos, I'd kind of like to know if the...
Just for the record, I voted for #2 as the counterfeit (and so far I appear to be the only one who thinks that), but as wcoins has asked, I'll...
Seeing some real volatility now in the spot silver market, price early this morning was twice driven down to about $21.27, then went up all day...
I do see the faint outlines of possible "41" that Snowman was referring to. Another way to possibly see is to simply convert the existing color...
Since nobody else has said it yet, welcome to Coin Talk. A post with excellent photos of something interesting is always appreciated. The coin...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] My last post on this topic. The above photos show the worthless notes being put to use as wallpaper and in bricks being...
Spanish, as indicated by the crowned M mintmark. KM# 431.1
13.5g is where it should've been when new. Wear and the holes may well account for the variance. Supposing it's real, its condition issues make...
What a lot of people seem not to realize is that coin collecting, and even bullion stashing, are leisure pursuits that are feasible only under...
Have you weighed it? If genuine, it's pretty worn, and tbe holes are the coup de grace insofar as its condition goes. Sometimes holes are made...
There's also a new book (published just last year) out on this. [ATTACH]
I'm with you on this from the aspect of their being bullion churned out by the mny millions, so why grade them at all? But I can tell you that...
I've recently seen some ASE's graded by NGC as MS-69's that weren't even close to being that high - obvious nicks and scuffs, just nowhere near...
In physics, there's something called Heisenburg's Uncertainty Principle, the thrust of which is that you unavoidably affect outcomes simply...
Hey, now, this is reality TV. Planting a coin so it could be "found" during filming would be like...entertainment.
I'm hard pressed to see how this could be so. Is anyone pricing their gold or silver in bitcoins and accepting same in payment, and even if...
As the afternoon session was winding down, the NY spot bid was at $21.49 - a big (about 5%) one day move, for sure. We'll have to see what...
I see nothing untoward about the rim, or inconsistent with its being from the Mexico mint. However, that would in and of itself not constitute a...
Money (or more correctly, the lack thereof) would seem to be the likely reason. As much as the show producers try to put lipstick on the pig,...
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