SGS grades and sells the coins himself.When you get the coin grade it yourself and see if its worth what you paid.
If NCS cleans it , then its OK.:rolling:
What were his real reasons?
US Trade dollars were demonitized in1876.Many believe they were remonitized in the 1965 coinage act.Of course by then collector value far exceeded...
I've heard from British collectors that British Trade Dollars are the step children of British coins.They are listed at the end of catalogs as...
Check Germancoins.com hes got books also. karlstepensinc.com has loads of books on German coins, some in German too.You may have aproblem finding...
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My latest chop is on a 1912 British trade dollar.
[IMG] This beauty is a 1878 Japan 1 yen,Gin right. 8 chops on this side.I couldn't really afford this coin, but I got it at 25% of Krause,plus I...
Its not that bad! They aren't bent or concave.And they add character.:)
If I did this correctly...here are 2 Japan 1 Yen coins with afew chopmarks.
As far as I know no proofs were made in San Francisco in 1880.I'm glad it came back better than you thought.
A chopmark is a stamp applied to a coin attesting to its acceptance by a merchant.My avatar has one under Miss Liberties outstretched arm.Its hard...
I recently found this thread via Google.It is the most informative one on the "Gin" countermark I have ever seen.Coins can't talk back to us but a...
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