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New Member
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I can't deal with the photo uploaded on this site. Will take it in to someone who can directly lay eyes on it and tell me what the heck it is or was ect.. thank you for your help.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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A casting sprue is
the injection point (usually on the edge of a coin) through which the hot metal enters the mold.
Evidence of a casting sprue is betrayed by a small spike on the edge of a coin, or evidence of where the spike was filed off. Sometimes, attempts to hide evidence of filing is done by plating the coin.
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Those who have studied ancient coins for a very long time get to know and understand most of the tricks of the trade for fake coins, and how to identify their various methods of manufacture.
Cast coins are the easiest to betray.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I do recall reading somewhere that there were mint produced gold IHC. Don't remember the dates. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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A major mint error exists of a Penny struck on a gold 1/4 eagle planchet. Except for color and weight, it looks exactly the same as an Indian Head cent. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have an Ike someone coated in lead, I won't call it played because it's not smooth at all. But it is several grams overweight.
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New Member
United States
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I will say this; it's not as yellow as the Mike Byers coin and this one has full rim. The one's struck on 1/4 eagle planchet seems to be non existent. I'm pretty sure this is just a plated 1900 copper Penny. I am planning on taking it in tomorrow.
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United States
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New Member
United States
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Okay fellas, this coin now has two different coin dealers stumped and a pawn shop who says it's holding up to 18k gold but not 22k. They say I should send it in when the grade company starts back up. And they want me to come back and let them know. I personally believe a jeweler/coinsmith made this coin but there is still that little bit of wonder.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What method did the person used to verify that is 18K gold? Did the pawn shop person offer you anything being that it is 18k gold?
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New Member
United States
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Well they all had one of those machines that are digital but said the coin is really too small for those. I need to find a place that has a hand held xfr machine or whatever. So out of frustration of running into dead ends I let the pawnshop Blackstone the edge. I really didn't want to do this but, hey. Anyways he said it would sell for 41 bucks a gram. He knew I don't want to sell.
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New Member
United States
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He inspected it again after he tested it to see if any discoloration was present. He did agree that it very well could be casting sprue at the bottom on rim but wasn't sure.
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New Member
United States
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So today I went by a big jeweler and found out that the coin is in fact a solid gold but it's just better then 14 k.so it looks like a jeweler made it. They couldn't tell me if the coin was from a mint or not, just that it was solid gold.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Only one way to find out, send it off to a TPG (shy of figuring out the exact purity and using process of elimination there). I would also venture to say it cast. Dentils and all lettering are sharp, but the lack of detail on the head itself are severally lacking. If nothing else, you have its weight in gold! |
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New Member
United States
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I really don't think sending it off would do any good but cost me money. If I'm not mistaking, the mint never used any planchets with that little of purity. I guess I'll just keep it as a novelty coin. Unless someone wants it.
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