And would provide them with free fakes they could than just export back to the US.
Listen to Fred.
Strip the blanks were punched from was rolled VERY slightly too thick.
I think that's it, coin looks burnt to me.
I suspect machine doubling.
That should make it easy to spot. Another easy to see difference is the sun ray through L. On type one it runs through the top of the L and the...
It isn't the greatest image but the XF-45 LM-3 coin shown on coinfacts does show the azure line clashmarks. The two higher grade coins do not....
It still isn't going to be easy. There are 19,000 shipping containers entering the US every day, and 21,000 customs inspectors or just about one...
Probably thereason there weren't more submitted in the early years of the TPG's was because they just weren't worth submitting. During the first...
Statistics. From past experience they know that if they bulk submit X number of PF ASE's roughly Y number will come back as PF70's Photoshop....
The reason you don't see clachmarks in the shield on the reverse is because this was the second use of this obv die. It was originally used on...
New design has a ray running through the first stars 5,6, &7 on the left side old design doesn't. New design has 14 rays left 13 right, old...
Verdicare was developed to remove verdigris (copper salts) from copper. I don't think it would do much with rust on iron. And considering how...
Details on Lincoln in the centers is mushy.
I do like his image of the edge though, It clearly shows the beveling from the edge to the rim seen on coins that aren't fully struck. The...
I doubt the flattened digits are from circulation wear as they are right against the rim which would have protected them. I think it is just...
The poll question asked about the gold eagle, and everyone is commenting on the silver eagle. I think the change in the reverse of the gold is an...
One thing, you CAN'T do a crossover from ICG to NGC. NGC only accepts PCGS slabs for crossover. Slabs from any other company you have to give...
And if you own any early US silver coins, say before 1850, there is a very good chance that they are made of that same Latin American silver. In...
Die chip.
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