Cool coin. My wife is from Guyana so I've tried putting together a set of vintage/modern coins such as this. She couldn't care less lol
I still have faith that it's possible to have such discussions without the passive-aggressive side commentary. One day maybe :angelic:
Looks like someone is just trying to build up feedback.
Much obliged @PaddyB
Yes please! :)
I answered your cross-post on CCF. It's a VF without lots of dings/scratches and also without the ugly streaks and laminations that are common on...
This site is very useful http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/halfp.html If you're going to be handling a lot of these coins I'd suggest just buying...
You're most likely right. A lot of these fakes of Dutch and Dutch Indies coins come from there.
Nah that was me. My bad :(
Even an expensive XRF machine is not reliable if the coin has thick silver plating.
Guess I just had faith in your instinct :) Even 3-4 grams is way too much of a difference for the amount of detail left, unless you can see signs...
Should be a bit over 32 grams (1 gulden = 10.76 grams at that time) and 40mm diameter, not sure why the catalog information is wrong. Your...
There was recently a thread on CU about how shipwreck 8 reales seem to be consistently under 10 SG. Don't recall if 9.1 is too low for those or...
2.5mm is the correct thickness for most of these. Agree with jgenn that it doesn't seal the deal. I'm pretty sure early 1900's bullion copies also...
"Are fantasy dated coins considered counterfeit?" Technically no, colloquially yes. Terms like counterfeit, forgery and fantasy all have specific...
It's possible they were not confident in authenticity, so they just went with the obvious
Well hopefully we both get an example, and hopefully for less than a few thousand dollars :)
I'm still trying to cherrypick an Avesta mint 5 kopeks. Not willing to pay up for it outright. Those things are overpriced IMO :)
Great article! The difference in production quality between the main mints and "necessity" mints is interesting. Valuable information :)
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