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Valued Member
Belgium
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Dear fellow collectors, I recently purchased this example of 10 centimes 1832 Everything seems fine. However, the edge is smooth and not reeded. So I was wondering: Is this a proof coin? I have browsed through auctions but I only found proofs in silver. Is this an error where they just forgot the edge? Or is this a copy? In this is the case this must be the best copy I saw from this coin but nevertheless, everything is possible.    Edited by jagoedo
01/24/2015 3:37 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Cant help with authentication unfortunately Jagoedo, whilst studying the pictures I am sure I can see a die clash. Maybe just my eyes but there is definitely something there  especially the top picture. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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is there a chance that this country struck any other coins of this size that had a plain edge? ifso it could be a collar mule.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
Austria
566 Posts |
Hi there,
is this coin struck with medallic or coin alignment?
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Valued Member
 Belgium
54 Posts |
Coin alignment. But I think I found the variety with the help of a fellow collector of Belgians coins
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New Member
Spain
40 Posts |
Hi,
The weight must be 20 gr, very exactly.
If not 20 gr, you have a chinoise fake.
Edited by LlacerSBD
01/24/2015 5:49 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Austria
566 Posts |
Looks authentic to me on the pictures.
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Valued Member
Belgium
54 Posts |
For me it is just important to know if this coin is a copy or not. If I compare it with the chinese counterfeits, it doesn't even come close. The design is much sharper en nicer as it is with the original examples.
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Valued Member
Belgium
54 Posts |
Update:
Contacted the seller to give me some more information on where he got the coin from. He told me he bought it at an antique fair in the USA. Possibility is that this could be a restrike which was done a few year later.
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Valued Member
Belgium
54 Posts |
Quote:
Hi,
The weight must be 20 gr, very exactly.
If not 20 gr, you have a chinoise fake. These coins left the mint with a deviation of 2% on the weight so it can be somewhere between 19,6 g and 20,4 g. Mine is 19,6X which is within the range |
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Valued Member
Belgium
54 Posts |
Just to give you an update. This is a proof :D
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