1909 Indo-Chine France 20 Cent - Coin Community Forum

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cjspearsdog Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 01/19/2014 10:53 pm does this coin have any value beyond the silver content? I thought I read somewhere that this was a low mintage year. Report this Post to the Staff

allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 01/19/2014 10:56 pm Is it uncirculated? It is hard to tell from the pic as it seems very white on my screen. http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/wo...mSearch=true Edited by allranger 01/19/2014 10:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff
cjspearsdog Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 01/19/2014 11:27 pm Wow, thanks for the link. I do not have it in hand yet. I just like old foreign silver :) I hope this isn't a fake coin or somthing because I paid far less than that for it. Report this Post to the Staff
keepcalmandcoinon Pillar of the Community United States 865 Posts	Posted 01/20/2014 12:18 am You have to be extremely careful with these french indo-china pieces. The fakes are faked. I have bought so many counterfietsof this coin (knowing they were fake of course, to use for referance). A good way I use to spot fakes is by the small A on the reverse. Yours looks like the middle of the A might be filled in which is not a good sign. The picture is too small to tell for sure though. Get it checked out because if this is a legit specimen then you came up if you spent very little on it. Report this Post to the Staff
Numismat Pillar of the Community United States 1666 Posts	Posted 01/20/2014 02:49 am I've seen a lot of fakes of these types and yours looks consistent with them. Does not appear to be an original coin, and may not even be silver. Report this Post to the Staff
Rdwarrior Valued Member United States 266 Posts	Posted 01/20/2014 08:33 am One problem, a 1909 should be made of .835 silver, yours is marked .680. They did not go to that purity until 1921. Report this Post to the Staff
thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 01/20/2014 09:52 am http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coi...in_coin=2412 Based on this I would expect an 835 for a 1909, not 680. And a real 1909 20C is a rare coin, so this is probably a numismatic forgery. What does it weigh? "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Report this Post to the Staff
cjspearsdog Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 01/20/2014 10:32 am if it is to good to be true it is............I called up the auction house and told them to keep it. Report this Post to the Staff
allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 01/21/2014 09:20 am Sorry to hear that but it is probably for the best. Better to save the money and buy a known good example instead of taking a risk. I don't know what auction house had it but did it come wiht any sort of guarantee? Report this Post to the Staff
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