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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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Hello everyone, I have handled a few of these in Rome and 2/3 have been middle eastern or Lebanese gold replicas. Any thoughts on this coin would be appreciated. Assuming weights and diameter are right. Thank you all!      |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Looks authentic to me, but these aren't the best pics to be honest.
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Pillar of the Community
 Italy
1103 Posts |
I know the pictures aren't great but usually there's a bit more interest in these posts... Anyone?
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Moderator
United States
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I also expected more comments here.  Unfortunately, gold, especially classic gold, is outside my comfort zone. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
704 Posts |
Assuming weight & diameter is correct, I don't see any issues with authenticity. I think its a fairly common date.. but not my expertise.
I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Weight, diameter, and gold content may not be enough to rule out a forgery. Close examination with a loupe and comparison to a genuine $5 Coronet would be needed. Counterfeit 1906 Coronet five dollar gold half eagle: https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-c...f-eagle.html Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
1103 Posts |
Any better?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
33743 Posts |
The photos just aren't sharp enough to make a call on this one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4233 Posts |
I see nothing blatantly wrong with it but agree that images are not sharp enough. My concern is apparent raised dots and small blobs on the raised devices like the hair, date, stars and denticles in your latest obverse image. Maybe it's just the image. I am not a gold person though.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sharper pics needed for sure.
Edited by Coinfrog
11/04/2023 2:11 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
1103 Posts |
Thanks everyone. I may go back this week and get better pics. Shops here run differently than in the u.s. ... I've detailed this in previous posts.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It could be glare and lack of focus but the date looks odd. The 1 appears too fat/wide and the 0 seems to have a much wider center gap than comparatives. Really hard to be sure with image quality.
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Posted 10/26/2023 11:43 am
