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New Member
 United States
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I think I'll find a nice cabin in the woods, not really a Tesla fan lol!
I really appreciate the insight, I'm still very new to collecting and don't really know squat (for example at first glance, this coin looks normal; I would have no idea it was plated since I flatly don't know what to look for to recognize that yet so again, thank you for the clarification!
I also just realized one of the photos my friend sent might very well be a screenshot from a completely different YouTube video so... something is starting to smell a little scammy...
Still waiting on the dated photo showing the weight, I will post it in here when I get it!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 It looks plated , We get these a lot on CCF ,guys think they found a rare and valuable coin and it turns out to be just a counterfeit or a plated coin . Try that magnet test again like coop said . That should be the determining factor .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Here is what an original one looks like:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
646 Posts |
Unfortunately, looks like a poorly plated 1944 copper cent.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3664 Posts |
Either a specific gravity test or non-destructive XRF test would be enough to exclude some possibilities. Your local jewelry store or possibly your local coin shop could do an XRF test. You can do a specific gravity test at home, if you have a digital scale. Please let us know the results! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Does this sound right to you..." I have a coin that is value at (lets say) 100 thousand, but since we are friends, I'll sell it to you for 1 thousand. Just because I'm such a good friend and have enough money of my own"......  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4692 Posts |
Can I get a break if I take a dozen of them?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
Doesn't look like a plated copper 1944 cent to me, the reverse has the appearance of a poor quality Chinese fake.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
751 Posts |
My vote is with Condor101, I have a Chinese CAST fake. It looks exactly like that. If you look close, you can see the grainy effect of being Cast.
Dan
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New Member
United States
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Sorry it took me a bit to get back! Thank you all for your quick insight, I'm still a newbie to this all. You all literally saved me from pitching in WAYYYY too much money for a total hunk of junk!
It was a total fake when I weighed it in person #128545;
So yes. No cabin in the woods quite yet!
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
Yes , that's why we are here . To help each other out .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7293 Posts |
And we tell like it is. It saddens me to read so many people come on here and hope they won the coin lottery sadly almost all lose. You tube makes it sound like everyone can make a fortune finding error coins but there are so few coins that are valuable in the wild that your chance of winning the coin lottery is almost nill. You were one of the smart ones and didn't get taken.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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with hfjacinto. Education and knowing resources are your best tools. Let us help... if we can, we will!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Here are side by sides of the fake and real examples:   |
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Valued Member
United States
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If it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck.......or use Occam's razor.
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