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Rest in Peace
United States
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Tben, thanks for the post. I have one also that has me curious.
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 United Kingdom
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I got mine from ebay. As far as I was told, China fat man dollar counterfeits could be real silver and exactly the same weight and dimension... the best way may be the rim checking...but I have no experience at all. |
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Hong Kong
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It looks ok with the edge or the reverse and observe.
I have 4 'fat man' coins, they weigh 27.25 to 27.88 grams respectively(VF to XF grades). I use electronic scale to weigh. Yours is a bit heavier, do you think you weigh it right?
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New Member
United Kingdom
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hi wonghinghi, mine is 27.04, not heavier than yours....
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Hong Kong
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Tben, I am terribly sorry, this is typo. My 4 coins range from 26.75 to 26.88.
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Canada
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Tben, I am terribly sorry, this is typo. My 4 coins range from 26.75 to 26.88 that's where you want to be as far as them faking with real silver... the effort wouldn't reflect the return (silver plated maybe), they would make more just selling the silver bullion |
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United States
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I would never touch this type of coin raw.....I would buy it slabbed by ngc or pcgs
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United Kingdom
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ngc or pcgs are safer/better for investment, but the slabs prevent me from playing the coin... I like the feeling of touching them, and the challenge of knowledge, and also like to save some budget to buy more genuine/fake raw.....
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France
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+++ I totally agree, I cannot stand those plastic boxes, coins were made to be used and handled - I really miss handling them and seeing their edges (even with the new boxes) for those I didn't opened...
And anyway, China is making fake slabs as well :p
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New Member
United States
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Hi everyone,
I am new here and this forum caught my eye when I was searching for an answer, so I am hoping you guys can help me. I just bought a bunch of coins at a garage sale, a lot of these Fat Man coins. The first thing I did was try a magnet on them, none of them stuck, but when I weighed them they ranged between 18.5 and 20.5g which is less than the official weight. So my question is whether these are worth anything?
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United States
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United States
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All the fake Chinese coins I've encountered can be picked up with a magnet. I don't bother with any other test if I can pull them with the magnet. These were very popular at the local flea markets about 8 to 10 years ago. I was watching people buy them in plastic coin pages by the dozens. I just watched and shook my head. After a few weeks, the dealer still had hundreds and he was selling less and less. I'm surprised nobody clobbered him.
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United States
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Picked up a 1914 Fat Man today, what's its worth?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Bob Ussery, this is a real old post. Last reply was 10[13[12. I suggest to check out E-Bay current prices.
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