The 2005 and 2017 Heritage photos are of the same exact coin, as Lord M noted, and it looks like the price went down in that period. Good...
Nice coin and fairly priced. This one has a lot of study value :)
The good news is that, with the exception of the 1930's dates, the price difference between average circulated and high grade AU pieces is...
Really cool pieces. I wish I knew more about these early ancient through medieval period counterfeits, but simply don't have the experience with...
Yes I have that book as well. I was curious because the details on your 4R match genuine examples much too perfectly to be made with technology...
It's a bit crude and also appears to have remnants of silvering. Both of these pretty much rule out it being an official pattern. I believe it is...
There was a thread about the same coin a few months ago. I posted a set of the smaller size base metal pieces in there as well...
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Wow that is messed up on several levels. Obviously the coin being stolen, but also that USPS goes to such great lengths to seal and deliver what...
Also wanted to add, anything being auctioned or buy-it-now sold on the internet is fair game without ethical issues. If you have the ability to...
Ah yes I remember you posted some nice pieces previously :) Pieces like these are out there if you look for them. I think a lot of people just...
Not sure of the exact alloy, but my best guess is some early form of copper-nickel such as German silver or paktong. They do look silvery...
Awesome historical write-up, and a first person point of view too. Doesn't get much better than that. Those are some really nice finds, I'd go...
1862 Zs-VL. I recently found out some very interesting info regarding this coin (thanks to realeswatcher and swamperbob from CCF for sharing the...
A few years ago a made the dedicated choice to collect and study contemporary circulating counterfeits. While there has been some literature on...
Oh man, you know it's gonna be good when even the blurry pics look like stunners :)
We're already seeing that now with prices for common stuff going down, but scarcer coins are holding and even appreciating.
Can't really agree with the logic of people not being interested in collecting something because they never used it. Majority of antique...
I say this every time this topic comes up... social media can just as easily be a blessing. There are vibrant communities of younger people...
They will when they get older, as was probably the case for most of us here :)
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