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Re: For EARLY U.S. coins – What’s the difference between a Specimen and a Proof?
There are two distinct classes of "proof coins". 1: The originals. So-named because they were struck to prove the detail of the dies, a process that has been done for hundreds of years. The… (View Post)1 -
Re: It's looking like game over for Bitcoin
In the end, it will be seen as just one more symptom of excessive money creation. A lot of coal & oil being burned, just to fuel some folk's desire to speculate with all that easy money sloshing … (View Post)5 -
Re: Huge silver deposit (allegedly) discovered in Inner Mongolia.
Maybe we should inform Industry's Mom? (Meaning 'Liberty', as you mention in your sig-line.) Just noticed, Baley... that your next post will be #20,000 :o (View Post)3 -
Re: Dealer Etiquette
Technically/legally it's not a counterfeit, it's an altered collectible coin. A real counterfeit is illegal to possess or distribute, knowingly or otherwise. Altered coin is, at worst, a 'Hobby Prote… (View Post)3 -
Re: For EARLY U.S. coins – What’s the difference between a Specimen and a Proof?
Just found the answer to my 2nd question from my above post, and more. From PCGS: Specimens are, "Special coins struck at the Mint from 1792-1816 that display many characteristics of the later P… (View Post)1
