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Really Weird Coin I Found

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 Posted 04/23/2021  03:19 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Tonee to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I need help, I recently found this coin that my father had collected and I need help identifying it.
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 Posted 04/23/2021  03:40 am  Show Profile   Check spru's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add spru to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like it may be, or imitate, this:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces61937.html

I don't know if it's genuine or not, but I have doubts.
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 Posted 04/23/2021  04:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
. It looks like a fake, but not my area of collecting. Give it a bit and those in the know will help you.
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 Posted 04/23/2021  06:40 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oriole to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Can you give us the weight?
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As @spruett said, here is an image of the real deal (same date)
https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotv...5a27728b8b76

From the look of the surface, first guess is a replica that is plated, but as @ oriole says, a weight measurement can help rule that in or out.
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 Posted 04/23/2021  11:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Earle42 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Does not look real in the pics.
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Looks pretty fake IMO
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I'm working on getting it weighed, then I will come back with the measurements. Thanks everyone!
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 Posted 04/25/2021  4:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jfransch to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It is a counterfeit (fake). You can look it up on Daniel Sedwick's site where he has a large list of Fake Cobs. (Look under modern pirates on his website) This one is known as FC53663. Been around ebay for years, popping up now and then with a new seller each time.
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Was about to reply and jfransch beat me to it!

What he said, except that this isn't nearly faithful enough to the originals to be considered a "fake". Really just a tribute replica, one that should only fool an extreme novice.
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