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Pillar of the Community
United States
1300 Posts |
Right side is the fake..the field doesn't look right and the E Plurbis banner doesn't look right. But I'm not a bullion guy but in hand I could figure it out
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2651 Posts |
Um...I don't collect these so I am shooting from the hip...I will go off of the quality of the strike. The one of the right has a double rim going and mushy details..also I don't see much reeding on the right...so I am sayng the right is fake. I wish I could see the front of both of them cause that would help.
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Valued Member
Australia
315 Posts |
The quality of the left is much better then the right, so the right is fake
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
 with everybody else, the luster does not look right. I would love to get exact dimensions, exact weight, s.g. test and comparative ring tone test, and to examine it with a 20x loupe, and closely compare in details with known genuine. XRF may not be of much help; I would expect that it is pure silver plated. |
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
Doesn't the West Point Mint make just proofs? And the one on the right doesn't look like a proof to me plus if you were going to counterfeit a silver eagle, you might as well put a "W" on it to make it worth a little more.
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Moderator
 United States
14463 Posts |
The West Point Mint also produces BU ASE, atleast they did in 2006. |
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
Yeah Fuzzy, you're right, I just looked it up. Still going with the right one though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4901 Posts |
Everything about the one on the right screams fake.
.. The font is not a Mint used font
.. the spacing between the font and rim is off
.. the strike is weird
.. the dots at 3/9 o'clock are too fat
.. having it in a different sized capsule makes it look smaller but I think it is probably the same size.
.. and..it just looks fake
.. it would have been helpful to see the obverse since it has the 2006/7 round bottom "U" font. A different date would have confirmed the fake
.. it is illegal to possess since it does not have "copy" stamped on it so I wouldn't want to let on that you own it (unless you made it yourself).
Since most fakes come from China your forum name is quite appropriate
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1823 Posts |
@Foxwoods Man yinyang come from when I was a kid in the 50's in toronto, iwas ying and my best friend was yang and I do not own them they are from the net.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4901 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2651 Posts |
Very cool story. I'm glad they got the counterfeiter.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3755 Posts |
Honestly, I do not see how that would pass. It screams fake. The font is wrong, the eagle is wrong. The stars are wrong. Really, just wrong all around.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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...The font is not a Mint used font Look at DOLLAR--US Mint products never look that bad. |
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Valued Member
United States
324 Posts |
Is that a fair question without knowing the weight of each? If the weight for both is the same then they are both 1 oz of silver. The smelter furnace won't know the difference when we get back to $40 oz silver!
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