Can Someone Please Tell Me If This Is A Real One Ounce Round

Sometimes a company will pour 31.108 troy of silver, and the little additional amount in other alloys perhaps for strengthening the coin....

Perfect example a 1 oz. Gold American eagle has 31.108 troy oz. of pure gold, but is 32 an some change if memory serves me right and it does, lol....

Still, ALWAYZ a red flag when a silver round does not match exact weight, and I have never seen this one before. Your pic is also blurry on the reverse image so tough call, but I think there is a decent chance it could be fake or real, I will see what I can find....

Only other one I could find similar, properly listed as a medal....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lake-Ontari...em5ae7e5afce

Might be .925 or sterling I am thinking perhaps....

I will see what else I can find....

i just called the dealer, it actually says .999 fine silver on the rim

A good rule is to always make sure a silver coin has....".999 Fine silver" written on it somewhere on the bar a personal must for myself....

And you gotta watch the plating, as they will try and sneak in .999 fine silver, and plating written so small under you need a loupe, rof....

I can't say I have honestly ever seen that in which I can recall, but if its out there with the mini plating stamp, I would not be a bit surprised....

A former job and employee from another district bought a gold plated silver bar for like 1700....

The boss walked by the gold case and took a double take and was like.... "Whoooo Nelly, what is that gold copy silver bar doing in there with the nice gold coins?"

Little did he know at that point the 40 dollar bar had been purchased for 1700, lol....

It's on the rim, CP. I have many examples of this. Placing the silver quality on the rim versus the face was a quite common practice in the 1970's.

If it's on the rim "Silver" and a purity, and has J&M on it, I would have no issue with it's authenticity.

While it is good to see the markings that this round has, none of them prove that this is a genuine silver round. If someone were cloning these, for example, they would be sure to include all the "JM" and ".999 silver" markings, wouldn't they? Even if it is genuine, the low weight is disconcerting. If it is a 1-Troy ounce round, then it should weigh at least 31.103 grams.

Does the coin actually have 1 oz. stamped on it, anywhere? Because if it doesn't implicitly state that, it makes absolutely no difference in the world if it's a hair under and ounce. IF it's a forgery, and I do not believe it is, don't do anything to the coin. We had a guy butcher a nice, expensive round just last week when all he needed to do was spend a few seconds of research and he would have known exactly what he had. If you have any doubts about its authenticity, talk to the dealer, first. He should be able to allay your worries, and if he can't, perhaps he'll be kind enough to trade it for something else? Worst case scenario, sell it on ebay. Unless you grossly overpaid, you'll probably get your money back.