Blue ? No, just an effect of the lighting and reflection from the sticker.
Just take the coin to any jewelry store. You need the weight in grams to the nearest one hundredth like - x.xx grams.
Yup, we have plenty of smileys, always have. I wonder grizz - under User CP, Edit Options, in the very last box at the bottom of the page,...
I have no doubt that it works. Question is how the coins will look in time and what those coins may hav graded had they been cleaned properly....
Defintely a fake. But if you want to read more about these coins try the links you find here - Spain & Spanish Colonial
How long have you had these coins ? I ask because it's possible they are some of those from Katrina.
LOL !! Sorry Jim, you just don't fit the mold :D
I'm talking past tense because I no longer collect.
Based on your pictures (can't see the one at all) it looks like a modern replica of a Spanish colonial coin. It's impossible to estimate value, if...
Even the bullion coins are counterfeited. There have been US bullion fakes produced as well as fakes from other countries. ASE's are even made...
Please report what the weight of this coin is.
Everyone has to make their own choices about this. Myself, I was always quite open about it.
As long as you buy from trusted and reputable dealers you have little to worry about regarding counterfeits. For even if they sell you a fake,...
Then just do this - [IMG]
Jim the point I was trying to get across was that the theory, as you describe it, just doesn't work. What I'd really like to see you do is conduct...
You won't find these standards written anyplace and yes it is. Listing them with the Proof issues is merely a matter of convenience for the...
I know I know !! :secret: PCGS is now going to have their graders working directly with the US Mint so that all collector mint products are...
Not being "up" on Canadian coins period, let alone varieties, I have no idea if the web site you mention is any good or not. But you can...
Interesting variation on an old idea Jim. Never really had a lot of confidence in the theory myself though. I agree that the coin exposed to...
Probably - an no.
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