It's basically the same thing we used to bust that 1901-S quarter - wrong reverse type for the year. Your "attribution!" mantra applies, although...
And you don't need all the fancy die pair diagnostics - it's Reverse 3!!! That reverse didn't exist until 1900. Icing on the cake - it's also...
"*Fine Crafts With Collectible Value" at the bottom of every listing cracks me up. I guess they think that's their "out." It's handicrafts! Just...
And a fresh-minted coin is also supposed to circulate, so anything kept and preserved in as-minted condition is "artificial", if you want to take...
Where did the bucket come from? It seems odd that they're all 1982-D and copper. If you separated them yourself that's one thing, but if you...
Located in Shanghai, 0 feedback, what could possibly go wrong?
Turns out I bought more coins than usual in 2022. Hard to pick a favorite but this is the first I ever bought for the provenance. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It's interesting how the letters got mushed near the clips on the reverse. Cool find.
What is the "tell"? I can't see much from the image posted here.
Ah, thanks. Must be some soft ground. Around here you'd need to pound that tool in with a sledgehammer.
I don't know what a "seeded hunt" is, but can't you tell that the ground has been disturbed? Or are they just hidden on the surface? Great finds...
I picked some fresh 2017 coins out of circulation while on a trip. I folded them into some cheap hotel cardboard for the trip home, then left them...
The teardrop shape of the interior of the 9s immediately caught my eye, especially relative to the genuine one. It's sad to think some of these...
Is this thread about leaving bacon on a windowsill? I'm confused.
If only there was a law about facilitating the sale of counterfeit numismatic items... oh wait, there is.
Don't forget that TPGs make mistakes. I agree that it looks UNC, not AU. I don't know what a "smoothed" Morgan is supposed to look like - the ones...
NGC lists Details coins under their AU50 column for auction prices realized, here...
I have one with a spiky forehead. Fun to find but no real value. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] It's no secret what I paid for it, but you'll have to look. Interesting topic, sort of like "how rich are you?", but I'll never spend...
The texture of that coin looks very suspicious to me, like it's either fake or whizzed to death. But I shouldn't comment because I have no idea...
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