Having recently been burned with a 1795 $1 that turned out to be a Chinese counterfeit, no way would I ever buy a fake slab, unless it was to send...
Just got back from Long Beach. Ken Frechman, from Estate Coins in Burbank refunded not only the original purchase price, but did also pay me for...
The Results My thoughts were VF-30 to VF-35. Now for the sad news. It came back from PCGS body bagged as "Questionable Authenticity". My guess...
As a quiz to ascertain why third party grading has value, look at the dollar coin (listed as VF by the dealer I purchased it from). The quiz part...
As far as coinage and currency, my opinion is that no political figure should ever be portrayed until at least 100 years have passed. That way,...
Gold will combine with other elements to form compounds. Look it up in any inorganic chemistry book (unfortunately, mine are all packed away....
I thought George Washington was opposed to the image of a siting president on money. I would also suspect that, should these designs be adopted...
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The reason silver was used at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project was that copper was a critical war material. Since the room temperature...
Unfortunately, until the metal content of the base metal greatly exceeds its face value, its liquidity is extremely small.
The spike is not normal. Since that exact coin is listed by HA as a O-102, the rarity is R.2, common enough that there is no rarity premium. The...
How about the ones that are worth more than $20 or so?
I realize that there are a lot of (mostly Chinese) counterfeits. Does anyone know of a site that lists, by type and year, known counterfeited...
or date or condition :D
I highly doubt that the gold layer is 100 mils (0.1") thick. 100 mils is huge for any sort of plating. If it was gold, a 100 mil thick outer...
Al Fagaly, "There Oughta Be A Law". He died in 1963. He also did the covers and artwork on many Golden Age comic books (Marvel comics, Archie,...
Where did the strip run and when? My dad was a cartoonist - hence my member ID.
If the seller is R&I in Encinitas, you can be sure that this wasn't an attempt to rip you off. R&I is a major dealer and an authority on cameo...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] My local dealer submits through PCGS in sufficient quantities to get a sizable discount on grading fees and allows me to piggy...
The certification is to verify it's authenticity. I planned on cracking it out as it is going in a Type Set album. However, I am rethinking that...
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