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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2490 Posts |
This one is crying out for swamperbob, but for what its worth, it looks suspect to me. Cast, at a guess. There are one or two surface marks whch look like casting holes but, no expert me  All in all, it looks so perfect that you'd really want to believe in it. Just hope that it's kosher  |
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Pillar of the Community
Hong Kong
1270 Posts |
I vote fake.
at least others: 1888 HK 10 Cents, 1911 Trade dol, 1912 China dol. also fake to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3343 Posts |
http://www.cgb.fr/5-francs-napoleon...96237,a.htmlCompared to this MS63 I would stay away from the ebay coin. There are too many things that look crude that shouldn't look crude. The anchor on the reverse, the BB mint mark, and the shape of the inside of the ear for starters. It's not just high point details, but missing metal which shouldn't be missing even on a low grade coin.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Valued Member
Belgium
83 Posts |
Can any body tell me how they made the raised lettered edge than? For Belgian 5 francs coin (similar to the French ones due to the Latin union that was in place at that time) a lot of fakes exist, but I have never seen one with a raised lettered edge. Apparently that is a hurdle the counterfitters cannot take...
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
152 Posts |
Not a fake just very baggy looks like its been knocked around abit. Not UNC eagle has wear.
When I had a shop sellers / Joe public would come with coins in tins and bags etc. shaking them saying do you buy coins and just emptying them out on counter spreading them out, of cause any nice UNC coins getting knocked around.
yours
michael
PS I've seen dealers do the same above and know one who still does always has a little cloth bag with coins and shakes them at you.
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
2133 Posts |
If it's the same dealer I know, he's very shrewd.
He has only junk coins in his cloth bag.
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Pillar of the Community
Hong Kong
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See the bottom figure, there is a seam that is suspecious to me. It also not look like silver-made.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2133 Posts |
The edge looks like it's been made separately - see under the 5.
The stars seem flat compared to PROTEGE.
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Valued Member
United States
365 Posts |
I've seen fakes of this coin, this is not one. It's in pretty good condition, too: yes, baggy, so many are, but it shows nice color/luster, strong rims. I'm not surprised it's getting as much attention bid-wise.
-SCS
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