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Back in the 1970s there were a lot of fake Russian Imperial gold coins coming out of Yugoslavia, either lightweight and/or low quality gold alloy. Getting it slabbed will at least assure you it'… (View Post)

For a decade or so from the mid-1980s, the FM mintmark was a resume stain - nobody wanted them. Many entered the melting pot, despite everyone agreeing that, on artistic merit, most Franklin Mint coi… (View Post)

There are seven pages of fake Syracuse tetradrachms in the FORVM fakes database, but none of them have this particular variant of the obvere hairstyle. I'd say both the authenticity and the grad… (View Post)

I don't think there's any way for eBay's robots to automate the enforcement of the coin-specific rules. How's the AI supposed to be able to tell if a coin is actually sitting in a… (View Post)

While the question itself is entirely hypothetical (since such a re-openeing would be excessively improbable), the related question is more meaningful: what mintmark would be adopted if a new mint we… (View Post)