Ping Yang spade. Looks genuine to me. Unfortunately the patina is really messed with
wow
This is also an An Yang spade. The style is right, but the patina looks consistent with a lot of modern fakes I have seen. I am about 70%...
Nope. Three different coins
It isn’t an amulet. It is a Tian Chi Tong Bao 10 cash coin from the Ming Dynasty. There are lots of fakes of these and I don’t know how to...
Looks like a worn, harshly-cleaned, but genuine An Yang spade. The damage makes it look weird
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I’min this category, but I have my eye on some coins in upcoming auctions that I probably won’t get the chance to buy again in the near (or even...
That’s what steps 1-3 do. Limit the number of potential varieties it could be. In many cases, steps 1-3 will limit to well less than 10 potential...
Someone asked me how I attributed large cents so quickly. I thought I would share my process with everyone to hopefully help those who find it a...
The style looks really odd. Is it an unofficial issue?
Looks real to me. Coin is genuine and the grade is right
That goes against my potential theory that a struck planchet fragment was struck into the coin. However, looking at the shadows, the...
But it does list them by S and NC varieties.
I have another theory, but first, what’s the weight?
The Whitman large cent red book is excellent. If you want bigger pics, go for the 1st edition mega red book
The understrikes were off-center on the obverse with no effect on the reverse nor the shape of the planchet. If it was genuine, then that would...
nope Very low I think they would buy back any fake they sell. The auction sites tend to keep photos of everything they sell. If they refused...
At the moment, neither is the case. To do so would be *extremely* difficult. I suppose hacking the website would be easier, but people would...
They do, but at a premium charge like PCGS TrueViews And this service is extremely useful for spotting fake slabs. The photos aren’t going to be...
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