Very Nice presentation!
Chinese counterfeit. And many counterfeits are not magnetic. Being magnetic can condemn a coin (excluding 1943 cents and various foreign coins),...
Buy the coin, not the plastic.
I choose to believe that it was hers. That said, I doubt that you can ever prove it. Keep it and enjoy her memory.
I helped write the Coin World Almanac back in the 70's. I even updated that chart for it from something that Ed Fleischmann had previously...
BTW, the Mexico 1968 25 Pesos is 0.52 tr. oz. net weight, not an ounce. The Type 2 with the curved rings should have some numismatic value, but...
Definitely like the second one better.
Not necessarily. Back when gold was in the $300-400 range and I was doing rather well personally I dropped a KR wrapped in a dollar bill in a...
Do I understand correctly that you tried to sell him some bars that you thought were silver that turned out not to be?
What's the cutoff point for book vs. monograph, word wise?
I am working on a book about 1922 cents to be published in 2022. First of all I would like to say that after 15 months of research I would no...
The Law of Supply and Demand. Large quantities of common U.S. gold have come out of Europe in recent years because of the (relatively) high price...
Advice for making future inquiries: Tell us what you know about the piece. Size, apparent composition, etc. Use the magic word.
Any images would have been ANACS property when I left there in 1984. Records from that era are mostly lost. They have the photographic negatives...
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Two reasons: 1. Law of Supply and Demand 2. If the price of silver were to drop to zero, the bar would be worthless but you could still spend the...
Back when I was at ANACS I made the decision to certify as genuine a 1796 quarter with a "scratch" in the right field. Basically Good-4 condition....
Genuine Philadelphia Mint coin, artificially toned. What alleged mint mark was it sold as?
What happened to the FB thread on this coin?
Known Chinese counterfeit error.
Separate names with a comma.
