California Gold Token - How Do You Tell The Real Ones?

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BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 02/18/2014 12:52 am I assume the $10 unauthenticated ones like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/221332585477 are fake? -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff

justin3651 Pillar of the Community United States 621 Posts	Posted 02/18/2014 01:17 am I'm a newbie on them too but from what I remember a few really easy way to rule out a lot of them are to make sure it has a value amount somewhere on it and that it doesn't have a bear(or remotely bear looking like creature) on it anywhere. also, if it looks too good to be true it probably is. the amounts of replicas/fakes out there of this series is very high. Edited by justin3651 02/18/2014 01:18 am Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 02/18/2014 04:34 am I know nothing about them, but I have read that they are heavily faked in good gold. Best taken to an experienced expert in the field. However, when looking at the style of this one, I do not think that there is even ANY attempt to fool ANYone. Edited by sel_69l 02/18/2014 04:38 am Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 02/18/2014 07:26 am Many of these were made in the 60s & 70s and it seems that there may be collectors for those particular copies. Long ago there was a thread on here detailing the maker and which were the collectable pieces, but I can't find it on the search. Report this Post to the Staff
denco7 Pillar of the Community United States 2543 Posts	Posted 02/18/2014 07:42 am That is a souvenir token, not real California Gold. California gold pieces would have a denomination on it. Report this Post to the Staff
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