1925 S California Jubilee Real ?

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We indeed have lots of experts to help you - so feel free to post as many coins as you wish, one coin per thread please.

Alas - your California Diamond Jubilee is not an authentic example.

Compare to this legitimate example - PCGS MS66+/CAC



Sorry to be the bearer of bad news- but that was your request, and our exerts remain to support your coinquetsion needs.

Be wary of the 50 cent commemoratives, the Chinese
have counterfeited nearly every one in the series.
Check carefully any you buy uncertified online.

Numismatic Terminology correction:
The front is known as the Obverse
The backside is known as the Reverse

There are numerous minor details aside from the fact that it is pitted. Look at the spacing
between the S & T in TRUST. On yours there is more space on yours than there is on a
genuine coin. It only takes one discrepancy to make it a counterfeit.
Also did you weigh it to two decimal points, I doubt if yours is even silver.

Jimmy thanks for replying .. again I am looking to experts for advice not here to argue however the space between the T and S in my pic is an illusion the spacing is the same. I will post more pics .. it is not magnetic I tried using a magnet no reaction at all .. it weights .441 ounces or 12.5g's using my electronic scale I will post a [ic of that to. I to was taken back by what appeared to be pitting but it is not. I will try to post pics zoomed in many times but they are large files. I also used a loop. I read up on toning ? this coin has colors on the surfers including the recesses those areas look like pitting but I can say no pitting at all. I collect 1911 pistols made between 1912 through 1945 . Although I am very confident in my knowledge to tell an original finish gun from a refinished gun I have been mislead by poor pics. So with more data and the hopefully better pics I will post please confirm your assessment. I emailed pics to a major auction house as I have far too many old coins lol they want to sell my Jubilee but if its a fake I wont sell it as original.

I measured width and thickness as follows - width = 1.2010" thickness = .0885" along with the weight I provided .. working on pics now its difficult to get them compressed down to 300KB .. as mentioned I am by no means a coin guy but comparing it to internet pics which vary slightly coin to coin I image due to how hard each coin was struck ? how early or late it was struck in regard to how the tooling wore ? I am figuring out coins are very similar to early 1911 pistols .. I always start by looking at the roll marks on each pistol to see if they are correct , the roll die impressions vary due to how hard rolled , how the jigs were set up and you can absolutely see differences early in that serial number range to later as the roll dies wore .. oh man I am getting sucked into coin collecting lol I have another one I think is cool it is an earlier Mexican silver coin that has neat toning colors maybe I will post it to.

OK did my best to get better pics . if any of you are good at taking pics of coins it would be great to get some advice in regard to background , lightings ...