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Hello and welcome. :) The top piece is certainly cast; rather than struck; as such, I don;t think it's a "coin". It may be a cast counterfeit or replica of a coin, but if so, I can't tell w… (View Post)

It is, essentially, impossible for a coin to be struck with only one side. TO make a coin, you need to squeeze it between two dies. If one of the dies is missing, there's nothing to squeeze against a… (View Post)

One of every coin type, date and mintmark ever made. Anywhere. Since 650 BC. For less than $500 each. You didn't say it had to be an achievable goal. ;) :D It's been 45 years since I started collecti… (View Post)

It's hard to say which came first: the fake coins, or the bogus story explaining the coins. I suspect the fake coins actually came first. The design is, presumably, loosely (!) modelled on coins of t… (View Post)

Yes. Most American and Canadian "Coin Collecting for Beginners" books that were put out in the 1970s and 1980s had the explanation for the origin for the Sheldon Scale. Which is only natura… (View Post)