As a Morgan Dude, I'm really surprised and disappointed that your first reaction mentioned seemed to imply it was just a regular harshly cleaned...
Because in the hot and humid environment, they tended to tarnish very quickly (and often quite unattractively).
Not necessarily. This is similar to the weight - if there is a visible seam, it is definitely counterfeit. But if there is no seam, it doesn't...
Cast counterfeits can come in any weight. It depends on what metals they used to make it from. Just because the weight is right doesn't mean the...
That is not genuine. It is a cast counterfeit. There does not appear to actually be wear - the mushy details are from the poor manufacture. It...
I see this as similar to campaign tokens or buttons that were very common in past elections. There are some people who collect this sort of...
Some people like them, some people don't. I personally strongly dislike them and would never buy a chopped coin, but that's my own opinion. I also...
I've said for many years that the so-called "true" views are really just glamor shots. I'm not sure I would have guessed cleaned - but I was...
What does this mean?
I think that's a stretchy bit of pareidolia.
I'd argue that there might be something good to be said about some of them. But, if you're talking price... CoinWeek is a great website that...
I'm sure @Conder101 could tell us more about the company.
I think that 2 of the books @Publius2 mentions are great for beginners. I would replace "From Mine to Mint" with the Travers book. FMTM is an...
I could see this at a 63+. Maybe a 64, but there's quite a bit of chatter on the cheek.
The dealer was playing a little loose with Miles Standish's story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_%22Miles%22_Standish
A good dealer wants to protect their reputation. If they have a reputation for selling fake coins and sticking their customers with it, then that...
As far as I know, there is no catalogue like Krause for coins earlier than 1600. If you want to go further back than that, you'll need a...
If the epoxy is applied correctly, they will stay lustrous for decades. Oxygen is what turns them brown, and if they are sealed they are not...
My mom thinks it looks like paper mache and gives me grief for how much I spent on it. But, I agree that it looks amazing.
Krause lists the coin as 28.2759g of 0.925 fine silver, for 0.8409 oz ASW. The silver content of this coin is completely irrelevant to the...
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