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No apology necessary, glad you got it, cool coin and a very good deal! I hear you on SG testing being tedious. I used to do it for everything. My experience has been that the debased Zacatecas and Du… (View Post)

Good pickup! I just missed that one last week. If I recall correctly Riddell suspected that 1830s Zacatecas had had dies stolen, I have seen a few pretty good counterfeits. Specific gravity testing v… (View Post)

Great books, and very generous on the giver's part. A copy of Gilboy is a serious gift! (View Post)

Yes, I agree with all, a very fake modern copy, unfortunately not worth anything except some small value as a novelty. In spite of it being modern I do sort of enjoy that the forger is part of a long… (View Post)

Here is that 1815. I believe the Norweb is another tooled Mexico City issue, doesn't match any Popayan I have seen in style. (View Post)