Awesome find. I will have to look at 1996 Mint Sets to see if I can find one. Collector coin errors are rare, since they get inspected more than...
It is an AU58 that is now MS62. MS60s and MS61s are true uncs., but MS62s are AU.
Corrosion. Zinc rots fast when exposed to the environment. Terrible choice for a coin metal.
Pillar 8 reales have a different edge than Bust 8 reales. The OP's coin is a Pillar type. The coins shown in the link are Bust type.
Exactly. Some mints had the two rimming dies pointing the same way, some opposite, and in different years. Good helps in determining authenticity.
Nope. Read Gilboy. The edge will look like the filling in an Oreo. That is because the edge design was added before striking. If you add the edgw...
You said it best yourself - I don't know why someone would counterfeit a coin that wasn't valuable. They don't.
True for cast coins. Also look for signs of a seam, or removal of one. The dangerous copies are the struck ones. Completely different animal.
Gold 1/10th oz. AGEs weigh more than 0.1 oz because they are only 22kt gold.
Why do you think it's a counterfeit? Looks like an alloy mixing issue. It's not cast.
The edge helps tremendously, but there are tell-tale signs to tell between a real three-laurel wreath edge and counterfeits. Real ones had the...
I remember being at a Long Beach show in the mid-80s and a dealer had a nice XF copper piece for $450. I kick myself, but for that price you could...
I believe it is one in a series of medals (and the most popular and expensive), right?
Let me know too when the rejects are being disposed of. (I know, I ended a sentence with a dangling participle. But at least I spell properly and...
Looks counterfeit, but it isn't a modern Chinese knock-off.
Are they worth the price of grading? It seems that most people that collect these types of pieces like them raw. Unless they are upper BU, they...
I was surprised too. I thought it would be Lincolns. But it is active collectors, not people buying rolls of wheatback cents. I have a lot more...
A crowned R is for Madrid, S with a viaduct is Sevilla. For colonials, So is Santiago, Chile; Mo is Mexico City; G is Guatemala; NG is Colombia;...
It used to be the most collected US coin. Then the ASE came on the scene.
The only year that the Philadelphia Mint didn't strike a cent wad in 1815.
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