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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I also don't like the top of the 3, which seems to point slightly upward rather than straight.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Can you get better photos ? The more I look at this coin nothing is right
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Doesn't look legit to me, but better pics would help. Hopefully it is at least made from gold, XRF should determine, but being overweight makes even that doubtful.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Sorry, but that is aa counterfeit. That's the reason why it was overweight.
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Pillar of the Community
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You might want to post pictures of your other ones (One coin per topic) as if 1 is fake then the others may be suspect. Quote:
I am currently getting it analysed with a spectrometer. How'd that turn out?  |
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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Valued Member
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At least it's gold. The last 3 is way too high, modified date maybe?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I am not sure how a XRF spectrometer is supposed to help. At most, you identify the top layer of the coin. If it is an e.g. gold clad tungsten/lead coin, it will still throw you off. Only a resonance frequency test is 100% accurate.
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New Member
United Kingdom
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fortunately it was a jeweller that also buys and sells gold that tested it for me, and they stuck with a previous offer made as a gold piece. I just didn't want too part with it until I was reasonably sure it was a fake. For now the mystery continues but I also have my doubts.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If your dealer thinks it's good gold, that's good news for you. I recommend you get this one off your hands while you can.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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If you can sell it for bullion, go for it.
There is no Numismatic value to it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Why would anyone want to forge a common Saint Gaudens double eagle with actual gold is mind boggling?
How did the jeweller detect this is the correct amount of gold?
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New Member
United Kingdom
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I agree, I am going to double check the rest of the collection.
Thanks to everybody for your advice xxx
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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there's fakes out of the middle east, not so much trying to scam people but faked to give them more credibility as a unit for trade and worth their gold.
there's plenty of fake St. Gaudens that are legit on the composition, and off a bit on the weight and design, used in trade, likely made in Lebannon in the 1950s-1970s. it was more about giving the coin a recognizable face, and less about scamming collectors which is why they are usually very common dates.
these turned up in the mid 1970s here, after Ford repealed the Executive Order that Roosevelt used to call in gold in 1933 with Executive Order 11825. Americans wanted old U.S. gold and there types came flooding back in with the authentic ones.
Very possible it's legit right composition, a little heavy or a little light, and maybe even funky looking, they all were.
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