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Edited by Westonia
04/17/2012 03:46 am
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Im not sure if theyre fake or not, but if theyre not: You have got ALOT of moneyy on your hands :).
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 Very interesting. I am no expert on coins and I know nothing about your coins, BUT if they were US coins, I would weigh them to see if the the planchets are the proper weight for each coin. I don't think that will tell you much unless they are way off -- then you'll know they're probably fakes. Where did you get them? Perhaps the previous owner has an explanation. |
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They were given to me to cover a $300 debt by a friend. He got them from a death in the family. No one knows where they came from or the history of them. I just want to get my $300 out of them hopefully lol
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If they are genuine as to the weight and material you have way more than $300. That 1 kilo silver Kookaburra must be as big as a hub cap. Edited by dave700x
04/16/2012 6:16 pm
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Sorry, but they're definitely not genuine coins, and definitely not made of precious metal. The only thing I'm not sure of is whether they're official replicas or "Chinese" counterfeits. Uniface base-metal replicas of the larger Perth Mint coins (like 1 kilogram gold) have been made by the Mint and sold as paperweights. But I haven't heard of any official replicas of the smaller pieces. Still, they could have been a promotional set, sent out to international dealers to advertise their wares. Try e-mailing the Perth Mint to see if they've ever made such things. The easiest way to disprove their genuineness is to weigh them, especially the gold and platinum ones. If they're base-metal copies, they'll weigh less than half of what the stipulated weight says. I have seen coin dealers here sell the paperweight replicas for $30 or so. SO even if they're not real bullion coins, you might still have $300 in value there. 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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Looking at them they were made that way. I don't think anyone milled them down flat.
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I have a paperweight like that, but mine is a Krugerrand. It's made of bronze.
Mine was made by the Medallic Art Company of Danbury, CT. Maybe yours came from that company as well?
-oddcoins
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Thank you all for the help, specially "Sap". Ill weigh them as soon as I get a scale to do so with and post the results here. I figured they weren't real I'm not that lucky anyway. Do any of you know a reputable coin dealer or person with coin knowledge seeping from their skin in the San Diego CA area? I have a lot of other coins left to me by my grandfather that I would like to sell, but the one so called Professional coin dealer here in town I took them too offered me a flat amount without even looking at them, I gracefully declined because of his "your bothering me " attitude. Ill post a few pictures of my grandfathers coins next to my Perth Mint wanna-be's at the top ;-) |
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Westonia, I think you will get a lot of learning about the coins -- so hang around here for awhile and learn about them, and then you will be able to make good decisions if you still choose to sell them.
You can post photos of the coins under the appropriate topics and I think you'll get a lot more information that way. You may want to read (or re-read) the forum rules.
If you're in a real hurry to sell them, then you should try an auction house.
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