Indian Head Ten Dollar Coin, Sort Of.

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GABatGH Valued Member United States 165 Posts	Posted 04/25/2021 11:03 am So I have this coin box of old coins that I've been meaning to look in for years. It's been in the family for decades. There's been some pretty cool stuff in it, and then some pretty odd stuff like this thing. The obverse looks sort of like a five dollar gold coin, the reverse says it's a ten dollar coin, and the thing looks silver. It's about 26.5mm and 7.4grams. The letters have something weird going on in that there are striations in them (which I first thought were just blurry pictures). Report this Post to the Staff

Sir Derrin Valued Member United States 177 Posts	Posted 04/25/2021 3:38 pm Do I see traces of gold gilt? Looks like a fake Ten Dollar gold piece to me... Report this Post to the Staff
GABatGH Valued Member United States 165 Posts	Posted 04/25/2021 5:24 pm No, there's no gold on it whatsoever. What you're seeing is a trick of the lighting. (I've actually purchased a ring light just for photographing currency, and it's currently en route). Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 04/30/2021 10:37 am Dies are worn out. The radial expansion of the planchet during striking causes wear and flowlining of the dies. The closer you get to the rims the more wear. You can see the same thing on some real US coins, mostly on those that did not have close collars. But it does appear somtime on close collar coins. One series that commonly shows it are the capped bust halves with the stars and reverse lettering drawing out to the rim. In the case of the OP "coin" they have really let the reverse die go way too long, and the obverse is also starting to show the same wear. Report this Post to the Staff
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