When I hold up a ruler to your picture on my screen and align it with the top and bottom dimes, on the left side of the picture they exactly line...
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It's hard to see diameter accurately in that picture, although it does look to me slightly smaller than the other two. Could you show a picture...
You are the expert, but I am curious. What is it about the coin that tells you that?
Because it appears so lightly but so evenly done, I do not believe it was spooned. I once tried that with a silver half dollar (back when they...
I don't have any facts, but I have a theory as to why banker's marks decreased in the later Empire. Perhaps it was for the same reason that there...
Count me in as one of those who wants to know. I know the uncertainty of opinions based only on photos, but I want to know with as much certainty...
It appears some of the confusion in this thread comes from an inconsistency in terminology. "Pure" gold, in an absolute sense, probably does not...
What a great way to start out on Coin Talk! I hope it turns out to be genuine--it sure looks like it is to me, but I'm no expert. It's already...
In the picture it's easy because they are in alphabetical order. On a cent it would be harder, but it appears the stamps are precise enough to...
Someone playing with the acid commonly used to bring back the date on buffalo nickels might well keep playing until the weight reached exactly...
I suspect you could get that effect of the reverse mushy with a strong obverse by several means. If the obverse were coated with oil or wax...
Thanks. I always wonder a little on eBay. I once thought I would be able to tell a fake, but then I started seeing all the treads on CT that...
My poor Hadrian as is green with envy. (I just hope it is genuine. Got it on eBay back in 2004.)[ATTACH] [ATTACH] And also a worn denarius,...
That's what it looks like to me. It's hard to imagine what circulated Jefferson would merit such care, but perhaps the person was looking to...
The brass brush mentioned above will not scratch the bronze (assuming it is good quality bronze), but I would think it might easily remove any...
I do not believe the OP is really serious. He alludes to the poor quality of the pictures of the edge, but other than some intentional fun-house...
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Here are two of them. One of them I must have placed in a safe place here at the house, and eventually I will run across it. The others I have...
They are with some other coins in my bank vault. I'll see if I can get down there over the next few days and retrieve them to take some pictures.
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