Independent Confirmation - Mexico Peso?

harrison2 - The coin is in the style of the early "Death to Huerta" Pesos's from Durango KM # 620. It is found in the revolutionary section of most Krause books. I have noticed one or two editions that omit the section, so it is not always there.

The originals were silver but the assay varied. The weight is also non standard but they were not really tokens at this point. So the weight should be in the 25-26 gram range and an SG over 10.0 before I would accept it as original. An original is a very rare coin (personally I have never seen an original only photos) but the numismatic copies are common. Most of these forgeries date to the 1950s and 1960s. The early forgeries were rather crudely cast and lack the details of a struck original. The pictures of the originals I am familiar with leave no doubt that the original issue coin is STRUCK.

In this case, I believe you have a cast copy. There is a significant market for early counterfeits of the Muerta series. I have seen "early better mold" types bring over $100. However, personally I believe many of those hit the market as "originals" and they are fraudulent. I have not as of this date seen a struck forgery but as China enlarges their portfolio I EXPECT TO SEE ONE.

I would only buy a coin of this type which was authenticated by one of the GOOD grading services, raw is way too dangerous for this type.

As an original - this would be a $1500 to $ 2000 but the forgery is a $15 to $20 item.

Ok, that's good info about the copies...now that I look at it again, there seems to be pitting on the surface that is a sign of a cast copy.

Can you please expand on "SG over 10.0"? What does that mean?

To think...I was getting all excited!

Ah yes, the "SG" abbreviation threw me off...thank you for the clarification.