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ultra New Member Poland 43 Posts	Posted 01/17/2013 06:44 am Hello, I got this coin recently, checked it in the jeweler and he told me it was gold. Specifications are as follows: diameter: 34,1 mm thickness: 2,5 mm (on highest points I believe) weight: 33,425 g I just wanted to make sure, because I heard that there are a lot of fakes (also made of gold). What do you think? Does the coin seem to be ok? Report this Post to the Staff

BH1964 Bedrock of the Community United States 10982 Posts	Posted 01/17/2013 1:38 pm The 1908 No Motto Saint is very common. Your coin has close to Mint State detail with subdued luster. I see no problems with your coin but as you noted, contemporary counterfeits were common. Since the primary value here is in the gold content, you are wise to confirm all dimensional characteristics. That's the idea behind the "fisch" tester that verifies gold coins. The fisch tells you you have gold, it obviously doesn't authenticate the coin and that's all you need to do with melt, or near melt, value pieces such as this. ANA #R3154474 Report this Post to the Staff
ultra New Member Poland 43 Posts	Posted 01/17/2013 3:05 pm Thank you for your reply. Actually it was checked by gold chloride, and gold content seems to be fine. So if the gold content is fine, and all the dimensional characteristics of the coin are correct, so it seems to be genuine. Checking different examples of this type of coin, I found out that there is one detail, that slightly differs - the lenght of sunrays. Is it caused by the usage degree of dies, or maybe something else? Here you have the database of double eagle 1908 I am refering to: http://www.wcn.pl/archive?q=20+dolar%C3%B3w+1908 Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 01/17/2013 3:54 pm To me, the reverse WITHOUT motto looks a little top heavy in the design, relative to those WITH motto. Report this Post to the Staff
supgog Pillar of the Community Israel 2420 Posts	Posted 01/17/2013 5:25 pm I'm definitely not an expert on gold coins, but if the gold content is verified, I believe your doing fine. No real reason to fake a very common date with the real gold content. Report this Post to the Staff
Pokeplayer101 Valued Member United States 50 Posts	Posted 01/17/2013 8:49 pm Cool. How did you get it? Report this Post to the Staff
ultra New Member Poland 43 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 10:46 am I bought it from private seller for $1620. Report this Post to the Staff
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