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Valued Member
Canada
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I came across this 1951 fifty cent piece All the rest ard goof but this is odd weighs the same melts icd quickly and non magnetic , if seems like lead of something and lots of extra dots around the 9 in the date , these coins were inherited from someones grandmother and I ended up buying them...I didnt charge myself for the lead ond tho lol....and there is a die crack on the bottom right leaf in the crest off the top leaf , I read on coins abd canada site and ig showed me pic of where that die crack is could this be some sort of test coin please I wish mike marshall could checkbthis out for me ....  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Any way to get a good pic of the coin in question upclose? I can't really tell by the picture but it just looks like some rim damage and is dirtier than the other. Try the ring test. Drop it on the table and see what it sounds like. Or flick it into the air with your thumb like your flipping a coin. It should ring the whole time its in the air if it is silver.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The only good test is a specific gravity test----that test will measure the silver content of the inside of the coin--Google the volume SG test---- LOts of fun !
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
618 Posts |
The coin looks good to me.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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No tinggggggg noise at all when flicked
In the air or dropped
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Valued Member
Canada
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I dont understand a thing about the gravity test I was trying to understand on google
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Volume SG test----This test is the water displacement test--
Weigh the coin in air ---Example 31 grams
weigh the coin under water (Suspend coin by a thread ) Example 28 grams
Therefor the weight of water displaced is 3 grams
Specific gravity calculation 31/3 = 10.333
look up table --- solid silver - 10.450
fake coin = 8.500-- steel etc
A good web site is EHOW DOT COM---SEARCH FOR " wATER DISPLACENT"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Might be a dud then. If that's the case, from what I can see in the pic, it looks pretty convincing.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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A better pic would be helpful. Mike Marshall
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Valued Member
Canada
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Mike marshall ...perfect thankyou for all of your responses I will get much better pics both sides of the coin....is this possible to be real but not silver I read that the mint a couple of times used a lead ..? Is this true and when I take pics I dont know what all the crop means or the size I should make it I use my cell to take pics and post which is a Samsung galaxy S4 , I use the HDR mode when taking pics can some one tell me how to get the best pics possible please....
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Valued Member
Canada
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Valued Member
Canada
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I would also like to mention
That the rim damage is almost like it was struck wrong , I'm not to familiar with errors since I'm a new collector
And mike marshall please if this is a dud add it to your personal website for other viewers to lwarn about...
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Valued Member
Canada
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Also it looks like double H in Hp
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Canada
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Posted 02/03/2014 9:44 pm
