Here's a 1937-D Buffalo with nice rainbow tones
The problem was that by the 1960s, the reproductions had become so good that a lot of collectors ended up spending big money for what they thought...
Oo la LA!
It may be that they discovered other metals first, such as Wood's metal or Field's metal, which had much lower melting points and would actually...
American collectors, at least, have been wanting replicas ever since coin collecting started in a big way in the 1800s. According to ANACS:...
I think that ratio411 was referring to the metals known to the ancients.
1981 Taiwan 1 dollar
1944-D Mercury dime that I picked up for about $3.00
Some sellers are asking around $40 on eBay for Spanish 5 pesetas in that condition. It looks like it might be authentic, but it's hard to tell...
That $20 Liberty coin looks fake. I certainly wouldn't take a chance on it. Even if it were real, in that condition it might be worth around $1600.
Why would anyone fake this common Canadian quarter? Yet someone did. Common dates are faked because they do not come under as much scrutiny as...
1887 Great Britain threepence
That is a common French 20 franc gold coin that was restruck in large numbers long after 1910-- so the coin has little numismatic value. It only...
I'm guessing it's not real because the lettering doesn't look right (among other things). All the genuine examples I've seen have thicker letters,...
I thought it looked kind of like a demon, a la The Exorcist
Nice set!
And I am honored that you have extended your request to me :)
So it's NOT just my imagination :)
It might be my imagination, but Liberty's left hand on your half dollar seems to be wrong-- an enlargement of your picture indicates that her...
Yet you stated that you do not want legal reproductions that are marked COPY in your collection. Thus, you buy that crap with the expectation that...
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