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Valued Member
Canada
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Yep, maybe I'd better get a newer Cat.
I said it was Old
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Maybe this will show what I'm seeing. The best example is what looks like a crack coming off the point of the 'V'. I believe this is a cooling crack from a poor casting. Hopefully I'm wrong and these are authentic....  |
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United States
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I thought the second one looked odd but I haven't seen any of these in hand. Your close-up on the first one does look strange.. could be the lighting/toning ?
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Edited by xshift
12/11/2010 02:30 am
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Valued Member
United States
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Turn the coin on edge. If there is a cast you can see a line through the edge. Now, if it isn't there,,,,,loook on all the edges around and around.
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New Member
 Australia
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Thank you for your replies, The colour of the coins is a bit brighter than normal because I took the pictures outside and on a small angle this could be why they look a bit strange.
The rest of the coins in the box where all Australian pennies, Australian crown and other Australian coins youngest being 1966 (round 50 cent) coin.
Also my grandpa was also Dutch,so this could explain why he had these anyway.
Is there any thing I could to tell if they are for real or not?
Thanks for the help so far! :-)
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Valued Member
United States
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MR. Incectboy. I think your stuff is good. I will say that many times here, whether good or bad,you will find folks that are very discriminate.The way of finding things are good picks or just going to a good dealer or coin club. I would say though, DO NOT fall for some dude or dealer just saying that they will give you a few bucks for your coins.I think that you should listen to the professionals here because they will not steer you wrong.
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Pillar of the Community
Thailand
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My Grandpa passed away, so my grandma gave me his old coin collection which was in a shoe box, These are the two oldest coins and I'm wondering if there is anything interesting about them? cdn44fan gave you the following info. .7596 oz. of silver for the 2 1/2 gulden .9270 oz. of silver for the 3 gulden The actual weight of the coins should be 25.000g. for the 2 1/2 gulden 39.298g. for the 3 gulden If you know anyone with a jewellers scale it may help to establish if they are the real thing. |
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 with thai-vic. Weighing them is a very simple test you can do. If they really are as coppery as they look in the pics, then the weight is likely to be way out. A two decimal point balance should be sufficient. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Netherlands
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you can also check if they are magnetic, because if they are... you will have fake ones, but if not... your chances of realness increase dramaticly! And again, I can post the pictures on a Dutch forum (but only with your agreement, since the pictures are yours) Let me know something, because I bet the Dutch collectors will see this in a heartbeat!
Oh and it will be better if you can post some bigger pictures :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 to the forum Insectboy, and thanks for sharing the pics of your coins. I must say that I hope they are the real thing, but I must agree that they look to be copper with maybe a silver wash. |
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Australia
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Ill get some bigger pictures later today in normal light, Kingz it wold be great if you could put them on the dutch forum, just let me get some bigger and better pictures.
They aren't magnetic, just tried it before :-)
hopefully ill get to weight them today, but if not hopefully tomorrow
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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Ok..just post your updates here, and I will post them on the Dutch Forum!
And I will get back to you here :)
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New Member
Australia
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I had them weighed : 2 1/2= 22.78 grams
3= 26.78 grams
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Australia
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Alas, those weights are too low for the coins to be genuine. Sorry.  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Netherlands
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Hmm sorry to hear that, but I guess it was a long shot after all...
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