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New Member
Poland
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Hi, as You can see I am new, so sorry if I choose wrong place to start this thread. I am wondering is it original coins? From info which I found they look corect but I'm not sure. Please help.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
Sorry to break it to you, but they look like modern fakes. We'll see what others say.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4415 Posts |
Welcome to the CCF ... Sad to say, IMHO, these appear to be fakes. That said, you might have a jeweler test them for gold content. Judging from their similar look, I'd venture a guess that these came to you possession from the same source? There have been increasing numbers of fakes coming from Bulgaria.
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Valued Member
South Africa
453 Posts |
How can you tell its fake? What gives it away?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4691 Posts |
Look fake to me. Raw gold from this period is highly suspect.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2368 Posts |
The denticles look off. I wouldn't buy this series raw.
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New Member
United States
31 Posts |
What looks wrong? Odd proof-like finish with partially frosted devices, digits of dates are very crude, everything looks 'off', and wrong coloration.
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Pillar of the Community
861 Posts |
Definitely all fakes. The easy giveaway is the punch-mark in Lady Liberty's hair. The mark is in the same location on all 3 coins so they all came from the same die.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4415 Posts |
For me, the numerals in the date and letters in the reverse legend are too fat and appear flatly struck. The date looks misaligned, too.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Smart to check here. However, at times real coins appear fake and fake ones appear real. Modern day counterfeiters are getting really good. For example a friend of mine purchased some Silver Dollars. The weight was accurate. The looks were perfect. None magnetic. All appeared as real. Yet all turned out to be fakes. I'm no expert but you should have those checked for weight if nothing else. IF you can find a coin type store, you could have them look them over. Sometimes even the experts get fooled today. |
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 Australia
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Definitely all fakes. The easy giveaway is the punch-mark in Lady Liberty's hair. The mark is in the same location on all 3 coins so they all came from the same die. There is other "damage" that is identical on all three coins, indicating they were made from dies copied from a single damaged, circulated coin. For me, the key mark was the denticles above the space between STATES and OF, are all damaged in exactly the same way. So while the obverses are different (or at least re-worked) with different dates, the reverses are identical. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
United States
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How much did you pay? Who did you get it from?
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New Member
 Poland
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I didn't buy it. I wanted to check this coins here first. I am a wrist watches collector so I know how many fakes are on the market. Same situation is here with coins :(. Sad but true. Thanks guys
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