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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Watch your top knot
Edited by echidna
12/26/2015 10:11 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Can you repost the link? Just goes to main page.
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Pillar of the Community
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Cant get the link to work. Here are the pics though:   Watch your top knot
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yes it's a fake, as well as the 1910 they have, in my opinion.
Edited by Alan
12/26/2015 11:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The reverse is very cartoonish. While that could be caused by an extremely overpolished die, it looks like a fake.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I think that it is a fake as well, but nevertheless, it may still be of good quality gold.
Don't throw it out!
How much does it weigh?
A genuine example should weigh? It should weigh 7.99 grammes.
Check for ring tone against a genuine sovereign. That will prove if it has a tungsten core or not.
Edited by sel_69l
12/27/2015 3:56 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Definitely as fake as a 3 dollar bill  This is the real McCoy   Edited by trout1105
12/27/2015 08:49 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The big tells are in the lack of neck on St George, the horse's head and feet are wonky. On the obverse, the lettering is wrong.
Unfortunately, it is a relatively good and convincing fake because the coin tends to dazzle one with it's luster.
The same seller has a 1910 that is also a fake.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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United States
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It could be a middle-eastern fake, which would mean it's still good gold. As has been suggested - be sure to weigh it. It's certainly a fake but there is a (very) small chance it's at least gold.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Have a look at the date: definitely spurious.
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Australia
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Plenty of fake Sovereigns out there now fraudsters have a market place.As I posted previously(may have been on the Oz Coin Forum) a Aust. Squash Player brought back a shoe box full of fake Oz, Sovereigns from a Tournament in Egypt(IIRC) in the 1960's,they're all out there somewhere so extreme buyer beware.
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