The disciplined approach is something more people, myself included, should probably be going by as well. I've tried to mentally boil it down, but...
Very well could be from contemporary use. Personally I feel like not many of these pieces make it to modern times without getting mixed up in...
Cool thread, here is an old timey gaming counter from Britain. A lightweight and poor quality "evasion" of a 1761 guinea. Sellers pics as I...
I recall an appraiser on Antiques Roadshow saying something to this effect about CSA antiques. Staggering and sobering indeed!
Unfortunately in that condition it's only worth a few dollars. These early Norwegian coppers are notorious for awful strike and planchet quality,...
A friend of mine was perma banned from ebay. The only way he can start a new account is if it's from a different ip address, linked to a different...
Coin porn at its finest :)
Their fake slabs are getting better, no obvious differences in font, spacing, etc. Luckily the coins are still easy to spot as modern productions.
Buyer beware covers fakes and problem coins. Non-delivery is a different issue though.
This is why you never send a check, cash or Paypal gift unless you already know and trust the person you are buying from.
Congo and Burundi have 20 franc gold coins, but they are more modern than the older coins you have. Also Piedmont Italy, but that one is much more...
I believe it means that they recycled punches used to make the hub/dies and recut them from a 2 to a 3. The overdate variety being 1833/2 not 1833/22.
"Resplandores" notes that the 3's were converted from 2's and are often mistaken for an overdate. The 3/2 variety shown in the book does appear to...
That would explain why many of these city-view pieces have that oddly angled view. Top of a hill view :)
Doubled dies are pretty well known on this series and are fairly common. They do have a premium though. Last I checked (not that recently) they...
Are you debating whether or not there were official government issued legal tender coins depicting a portrait of Hitler? It's not really a matter...
A first/early strike designation that is actually historically cool, very nice :)
True, unfortunate that we can't have a look. But, if it's not bronze, silver or gold then it is most likely a modern copy.
I don't think there is any chance that the medal on eBay is genuine. The loss of finer detail and shallowness of the relief features while being...
Great research and write-up. A modified effigy is most certainly a new type, as can be seen with numerous examples of other coins.
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