There are a couple of things that come to mind when I see the seemingly endless supply of 8 Reale coins appearing on e.bay , usually from the same group of dealers. Firstly I recall a television documentary...
In mid-May of this year (2006) I was in Ho Chi Minh City (Sai Gon). I bought seven fake dollars from a cyclo driver. I was about half sure they were fake when I bought them, so I only paid $40.00 for the lot....
Both NGC and PCGS offer encapsulation slabs that feature pedigree labels from famous collections, hoards or historical numismatic discoveries. While theoretically they do not increase the value of the coin...
Mostly NGC Holders are showing up and with the fake slab is a fake coin, but there are ways of telling the fake slabs from the real ones. Whomever is making the fake slabs are making spelling errors, wheather...
This newsletter is largely dedicated to the study and the collecting of U.S. Federal silver and gold coins of the 1794-1839 period. It is meant to entertain and inform, to create a forum for debate, to offer...