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Definitely a counterfeit. As noted above the size of the numerals in "1847" is wrong for the type; those proportions are more fitting for the 1847 dollar. Nobody inside the mint would be re… (View Post)

Gold is, effectively, fungible - one piece of gold is just as good as any other, and functionally indistinguishable from any other piece. Certainly once it's refined to .9999 fine, trying to che… (View Post)

People normally buy these coins for the provenance, for the story - not because the coin itself is anything to write home about. The idea that coins wrapped in paper and stored in ambiguous condition… (View Post)

I think it is really a matter of affordability. If "the young people" (however that's defined) seem uninterested in collecting "the classics" (however that's defined), i… (View Post)

I voted for the last option, though "a little US" is perhaps relative. I'm in Australia. America is "just another foreign country" to me. But because of American coinage'… (View Post)