BAD METAL

Simply put, the printing company shipped my order today. It has to travel at least 1,500 miles to get to me. I anticipate that will...

I had a chance to make it to the Baltimore show for a few days last week. The show seemed relatively active although attendance to the...

I've decided to list for sale my 1861 Z8-T counterfeit 3cS graded XF45 by PCGS with a CAC green bean sticker. This is the only TPG-CAC...

Bad Metal Silver. 3cS to 25c update. The printing company has recently provided me with an update that they are very busy printing many...

Thank you to all of you that have preordered book 2 in the Bad Metal series, Bad Metal Silver. 3cS to 25c. I have updated the pre-order...

Bad Metal is BACK! More coins. More history. More characters. Available for pre-order at $70, individually numbered and signed....

Another eBay find, looks like a Z2-L. Weight 4.89 grams, 20.66 mm diameter, 1.75 mm thick, specific gravity 8.73.

First and foremost, happy 4th of July weekend everyone. This is a long-overdue blog post so there is a lot in here that has been on my...

After the publication of Bad Metal: Copper and Nickel, additional examples of the documented counterfeit varieties in that book, along...

Bought this a fews years ago at a flea market in Connecticut. Good copy, has some raised bumps in the field in various locations, a dead...

With the 300+ varieties of die struck counterfeit CBHs and the 1000's of examples which still exist, it should come as little surprise...

Many of you will be familiar with counterfeit Portrait 2 and 8 reales, but few are as familiar as the other denominations, such as the...

Hi all. Hope you had a great end to 2021 and 2022 is looking brighter. I wanted to update you all that the second book in my, now,...

Can anyone please attribute this piece?

Back in August or September I started contacting folks about updating the counterfeit CBH census, a census that had not been updated in...

The second-half of November was a whirlwind travel adventure for me. The first stop was to the American Numismatic Society (ANS) where...

Looks cast, There is a ridge on the reeding, considerable porosity also. The weight is 16.35 g, vs. 26.73 g, close in in diameter at...

I've just learned that the settings on this website limit who can write blogs, and that if others want to contribute I need to invite...

I was recently contacted about sharing the following cast counterfeit Capped Bust dime dated 1829. No additional information was...

Earlier this year I was contacted by a metal detectorist from Maine. He found this website after conducting research on an item he...