Fwiw I was watching an ANA video on Chinese counterfeit detection a while back. The guy giving the presentation said “just don’t buy Chinese...
Heh. Wow you guys made quick work id’ing that. Thanks! I figured may take a few days before anyone finds what it is. Your coins are waaay nicer...
I know nothing about ancients, but I was going for a walk today and found one (maybe) on a modern path. Initially thought it was a dime. I live in...
Thanks @masterswimmer and @rte. I think they don’t talk about the hidden features in the same way the 3rd party grading companies used to hide...
I ran across an article a while back about the 1 pound coin counterfeiting problem, and fluorescent tagging technology present in 2017 dated coins...
I got no dog in this fight except general interest reading. That said, not sure I’d be listening to this guy in the video. At 3:10-3:30 he says...
I had a mint(?) or commercial roll one time of Lincoln cents from the 1980s all bright and shiny, had a big glob of dried glue on the end and a...
Yea I didn’t know much about how much crossover there was but all good points. I always kinda wondered why it was that the wildman designs seemed...
Ran across this article the other day and it reminded me of those wildman coins some on here collect....
The ANA has a library and you can send a request to the Research Services to see what they have. They do charge for it, but it may get you what...
Makes sense. Thanks for the feedback. I hadn’t thought about counterfeiting or taxation.
I saw Congress was proposing a face value cap on coins at $200. Anybody know how they assign face values to coins? Figure there’s a reason. Seems...
I remember I had a relative that used to get flyers like this. Every once in a while they’d actually send him a good deal that he wanted to buy....
If it was rare they’d have no need to pay money and mail flyers telling people how rare they are and that you should buy theirs. My opinion and...
Passing along an interesting website about processing coins from scrapped vehicles. Apparently each vehicle scrapped has $1.65 on average kicking...
@Insider you remember the magnification level on photos?
I’m not sure if it’s normal, but guessing shear marks. Kinda like a donut cutter pushing down into dough. Straight cut down.
I think 3 looks most real at least on uniformity, followed by 1 as some sort of special minted (distortion and shadowing messes with photo)....
I used to dabble in these up until recently when I had to sell, and rather than let the information go, figured I’d pass it along. Good hunting to...
Heh...”chicken ranch” huh?? Careful who you mention that to, Significant Other may smack you to death with a rolling pin if they know you’ve...
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