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Good Evening, I would like to get your opinions please on this "Fat-Man" 1 Yuan coin's authenticity. Unfortunately, all I have is a kitchen scale which shows it at 26 grams and my caliper shows it as 38.8mm in diameter. There are several punch marks/symbols on it as well, interesting. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated : ) Thanks! James    |
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United States
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online search yielded this:
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Silver (.890) • 26.40 g • #8960; 39 mm
Y#& 329.6, Kann#& 666, L&M#& 77, N#& 240879
Actual silver weight: 0.755 oz
A local coin shop might be able to test the metal.
It might be that some of the marks might have been made to check the metal
Edited by PlumCrazy814
02/22/2026 08:41 am
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This is dated 1921. There are a few varieties known.
There's nothing obvious that screams out counterfeit. Unfortunately there are some scratches and punch mark damage.
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I appreciate the responses, thanks! My mother-in-law has lots more coins, paper money, and other items that her husband's father brought back from his service in the PTO during WW2. Mostly Japanese, but a bit of everything. She was going to throw it all in the trash so thank goodness my wife "rescued" it.
Would it be worth enough to have it graded, assuming the coin dealer gives an ok?
Thanks again!
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Unlikely that getting it graded will add any value and may cost more than it is worth.
You can get an estimate of what you might be able to get for it by comparing to spot price of silver/troy oz.
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02/22/2026 11:23 am
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Sounds good, thanks again!
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Grading might help it sell easier but like what Plum said, the cost may not work out that well.
Even in that condition, I reckon it's worth at least 100 USD. Not just scrap metal value!
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Looks too much like fake instead of genuine to me.
Maybe because I have many fakes and I see telltale signs.
The edge looks fractured or split like other bad coins I have.
The denticles along the rims look irregular like many other fakes I have.
I'm not a fan of pictures of coins like this.
If I had the coin in hand, the first thing I'd do, instead of asking opinions, would be to see if the coin is good silver or not.
Edited by Albert
02/23/2026 01:50 am
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Thanks guys for the tips. What I do know is that he brought it back with his other items after the war, so if it's fake, it's an old one.
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They been making fakes for a very long time, here's bad pictures of my coworker grand father few belonging during the late 50's when he was doing business in Shanghai? These were all souvenir and one stick to magnet.   |
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Thanks for the welcome!
Great point about old fakes. For example in the ETO German militaria was being produced after hostilities ended to sell to occupying forces, especially those who got there after May 8th, 1945. Some of the same factories that produced combat badges and medals for German soldiers, kept making them postwar.
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