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Valued Member
United States
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Can you take another closeup with different lighting? I'm on the fence. There should be a depression and some die flow lines which I can't make out in the pic. The shape looks about right for a coin that's seen some heavy circulation, but again, going to need a better pic to say anything with any certainty.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3546 Posts |
WashQuartJesse,
My camera that took the mintmark picture only has a limited field of view.
If you could be more specific regarding exactly where on the coin you need some additional closeups, I will refocus my efforts and take another photo of the area that you are referring to.
For example you might say something like obverse side, 25 mm down from the rim at 2 o'clock or something more specific like this for example.
Thanks much
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am leery of this coin myself. It has a grainy appearance which can be associated with a cast counterfeit.
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Valued Member
United States
285 Posts |
I don't have anything specifically to base it on, but it doesn't look "right" to me. Where are you getting these coins from?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3546 Posts |
Album collector,
I bought about 7 of these questionable looking coins at a yard sale for about $ 1 each just to take a chance but paid $ 35 for the 1932D quarter since it looked decent.
I still would like to take some additional closeup photos of this coin for someone to make a final and decisive determination.
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Valued Member
United States
380 Posts |
Looks like someone collected counterfeits.
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Valued Member
United States
173 Posts |
You need to post more closeups of the mint mark. It wouldn't hurt to weigh the coin if you have access to a scale.
Remmy, are you basing that on this coin or the context? Please explain.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
A photo of the rim opposite the MM would be good too, unless it's otherwise conclusive. I've read of some very skilled people drilling into 32-P from the rim and working up a MM using a punch. Update: just out of curiosity, I looked at few dozen or so authentic 32-P on Heritage and made a pic of various mm positions (some may be the same die). Something I notice right off, is how the mm aligns roughly to the space between the "E" and "R" in "QUARTER". Notice the size of the genuine mintmark?  Here's a blowup of the OP's coin to compare:  Edited by DVCollector
09/24/2010 2:23 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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DV, check out the rim at 12 o'clock on the obverse photo. Looks a bit odd. I'm wondering if these are even silver myself.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
There is an obvious seam on this coin so I am willing to bet its not real
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3546 Posts |
Here is the exact weight using a recently calibrated digital scale: 5.75 g Hopefully, these additional photos will assist to solve the mystery. It was getting dark, we both were running short on time, and my digital scale started to malfunction right when I was about to weigh this coin as the time of sale. TIP: always carry extra batteries for your scale when out of the office on yard sale ventures etc. One question that I do have is if all cast coins do have this characteristic seam near the rim that this coin obviously has. Please respond on this sub-issue. I really hope you all have enjoyed this discovery process as much as I have. I sincerely feel that I have have not wasted my time. I hope all the participants feel that their time has not been wasted either. thanks, mdpmedia    |
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Valued Member
United States
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Always good when you learn something. And for $1 I probably would have chased them also.
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Valued Member
United States
173 Posts |
That weight is far too light... Sorry
A good learning thread nonetheless
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 On a good scale, it should weigh out to ~6.3gr I found that out here.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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with cast copies they have to be put together, that is where the seams come in. Sometimes they are very hard to see and sometimes you can see the separation pretty easily but all of the molds have to be put together and there should be a seam somewhere on the coin where this has taken place. Some have to be seen in hand and thats where knowing where the correct markers on key date coins comes in when going from pictures
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Posted 09/24/2010 11:23 am
