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| Brazil 2000 10 Centavos - Monster DDO!
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mnknight77
Valued Member
United States
87 Posts |
 Posted 02/18/2024 01:17 am
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Hi everyone! & Ola!!! 
I did a search here on the forum and this is the closest topic I could find for my question...
My daughter just moved to Brazil and I am going to visit her for about 4 weeks. I don't normally collect foreign coins but wondered if there is anything specifically I should look for in my change. I'm American and know very little Portuguese and nothing about Brazilian coins so any pointers are welcome.
And yes, I would know to keep a beautiful DDO as the one pictured in this forum... but is there anything else? Any silver in this coinage or certain dates?
 Is anyone looking for an everyday Brazilian coin? I would be happy to mail it to you once I return to the states....
I will be in the Campinas area.
Obrigado!
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| Are There Counterfeits For Silver Certificates?
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mnknight77
Valued Member
United States
87 Posts |
Posted 02/18/2024 12:45 am
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I apologize... these emails started going to my spam folder for some reason... And I didn't know there were any other responses...
SteveinTampa ... that is actually the plastic itself... Something heavy was placed on top and actually 'scratched' the plastic.
By the way, We lived in Tampa for 10 years during the 90's. We were Airforce down at McDill. Miss Busch Garden afternoon trips with the kiddos to play in the water and Ybor City food! Live in NC now... can't find a decent Cuban sandwich here!!! :)
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| Are There Counterfeits For Silver Certificates?
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mnknight77
Valued Member
United States
87 Posts |
Posted 02/07/2024 9:42 pm
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I found this....
"Looking for PCGS Currency?
Collectors Universe, Inc., parent company of PCGS, operated PCGS Currency from 2005 until 2009 when it sold the banknote grading division to another company and licensed the trademark and brand name for 10 years until January, 2019 when the name and license returned to Collectors Universe. Therefore, notes graded under the PCGS Currency brand are graded as crossovers to ensure they meet the standards of the new PCGS Banknote grading service.
We are unable to verify PCGS Currency holders."
Does this mean this silver certificate was graded during this time period?
There is a barcode and number on the back of the packaging and when I put this number in, up came a coin... not a banknote.
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| Are There Counterfeits For Silver Certificates?
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mnknight77
Valued Member
United States
87 Posts |
Posted 02/07/2024 8:07 pm
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Hi everyone!
My Mom wants me to "help" with her coin collection. However, she has several silver certificates that I am not sure if they are real are not. I know nothing about currency.
The confusion is my Mom buys things from back of magazines, colored coins, and 'gold' toned coins. As much as I have told her, those are not the kind of things you invest in.... she is convinced otherwise.
So imagine my surprise to find silver certificates... I'm suspicious. She doesn't remember where she got them.
My camera isn't set up correctly for online photography, but hopefully you can tell.
Anyway, I knew you guys would know....
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| 1.5 Gram Gold Coin Made For Venezuela?
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mnknight77
Valued Member
United States
87 Posts |
Posted 07/04/2017 6:28 pm
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Hi everyone, I was perusing eBay looking and ran across this coin and started to dig to get more info. I have heritage from Venezuela so I was curious.
The coin was made for the bank of Venezuela by the bank of Italy called the "chiefs of the second world war" series. Supposedly there were 2 sizes made, a 60 bolvares (15 grams at oro de ley 900) and 20 bolvares (6 grams at oro de ley 900) size. Approximately 14-18 different coins were made in between 1957-1959. However this coin on eBay (from my very very limited knowledge) is about a 5 bolavares size. The coin is 1.5 grams and smaller than a dime. You can barely tell on the back of the coin the lei or ley 900.
The coin on the obverse and reverse looks identical to the Roosevelt "chiefs of the second world war" official coin.
What is the likely hood that this coin is real?
Thanks!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Roosevelt-...AOSwCkZZV92P
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| | Forum: Precious Metals and Bullion - Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum |
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| Confused...(Ms 60-70) Uncirculated American Coins-Are They Busness Strikes?
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mnknight77
Valued Member
United States
87 Posts |
Posted 03/24/2017 3:10 pm
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Ohhhh, so Coin A can have come from the mint, kept in a roll, not have any signs of wear, but have lots of 'bag marks, or nicks in the fields from the mint. It also might have crappy luster or lost luster over the years by not being sealed.
To a grader, because the lack of signs of wear on the highest point, it would still be an MS. They can't know if it truly is uncirculated but probably was not. It would be graded a very low MS.
And then Coin B, that came from the mint, had great luster and no nicks and above average depth and definition, but circulated a little and shows slight signs of wear. Found by collector, put in a 2X2. The luster would hopefully be kept and the definition would still be there. However, because the slight wear is still there, the grader believes it was in circulation. It would be a high AU. AND would look better than Coin A.
Now if Coin C came from the mint, was dropped into a drawer and occasionally moved around with other coins, it would still show slight signs of wear, even though it had not been in circulation per se. Even though the grader would assume it had been in circulation, it really doesn't matter that the grader is wrong, because the slight wear is still there and would still be AU. So the AU isn't strictly "about uncirculated" but signifies that there is slight wear on the highest points of the coin which in most cases would mean that it had been circulated some. Basically, it looks like it was about uncirculated so it gets an AU grade.
Sooooo
Coin A - uncirculated - no signs of wear - looks ugly - MS 60 probably
Coin B - slightly circulated - slight signs of wear - pretty coin - AU 58ish
Coin C - uncirculated but does show sign of wear - looks good - AU 58ish
Other circumstances:
Coin D - came from mint, uncirculated, looks great, no signs of wear - greater than MS 60
Coin E - proof, not cameo, fields look good, uncirculated, looks great, no signs of wear - PR 60 or above
Coin F - proof, cameo, fields look great, no signs of wear - PR 62 or above
Coin G - proof, deep cameo, looks great, no signs of wear - PR 65 or above
Coin H - proof, cameo, looks good, has signs of wear, obviously has been in circulation - less than PR 60 and considered damaged, but still prettier than most MS coins.
right? Do I get it now? Sorry, I'm so dense..  |
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| Using MS70 Brightener On Copper Coins And Zincolns - Long Term Results
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mnknight77
Valued Member
United States
87 Posts |
Posted 03/24/2017 11:08 am
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Thank you fioti for responding. The link you gave is one of the topics that I had read. Even it is 7 years old. So I was looking for something that was long term and or newer. I appreciate your time! I will look for a before and after review. Maybe the review you gave is still out there somewhere... It would be interesting to see the toning.
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Going on Saturday would have been better so I could look at the coins on Sunday before the beginning of week.
