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Valued Member
Greece
152 Posts |
To me it looks authentic, a friend told me it's not. What's your opinion?   |
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Valued Member
Germany
303 Posts |
Hi,
it does look authentic to me. Could you post pictures of the edge inscription and also give weight and diameter? Also check if the coin is magnetic (it shouldn't be).
These Siegesthaler ('victory-thaler') coins are quite common, even in good condition and at least here in Germany I have never seen a counterfeit on the market.
Best regards from Berlin
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Valued Member
 Greece
152 Posts |
Non magnetic, 18 gr with a food scale..   |
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Valued Member
Germany
303 Posts |
Non-magnetic: fine. Edge inscription: fine.
Weight: not fine. Please try again with another scale, weight should be around 22.3 grams. Still, by looking at the images I cannot believe it is a counterfeit.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree it looks authentic to me but fuzzy pictures and not accurate weight measure.
I also agree it doesn't like the common Chinese fakes I'm familiar with.
I wonder if the person saying it's not authentic could offer reasons why it isn't?
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Valued Member
Greece
152 Posts |
Numista gives weight for the coin 18.53, NGC site also.
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Valued Member
Greece
152 Posts |
@Albert, no my frien who said it may be fake is a coin lover, but doesn't have much knowledge of numismatics..
I asked just in case.
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Valued Member
Germany
303 Posts |
Georok I am sorry, I mixed up the weight. Be sure that this coin is genuine :)
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Valued Member
Greece
152 Posts |
@ Potsdam , thanks a lot!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1913 Posts |
To clarify. I don't mean to say your weight is wrong. 18 grams or so may very well be correct. I only imply that a food scale is not quite as good as many other low cost scales that will give a better reading. A good food scale might be within 3% or so, so it's not the best choice for a coin. Let's say this coin should be 18.55 grams. And your food scale indicates 18 grams. Not enough to fuss over other than it's not the best measure. Lets argue this even more: common fakes can be 10% to 20% under weight. Your food scale indicates only 3%. So that is in your favor to indicate the coin may not be fake.
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Valued Member
Greece
152 Posts |
Can't argue that, I should buy a scale for coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1962 Posts |
Genuine, but rather harshly cleaned (specifically, polished) at some time.
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Pillar of the Community
Hong Kong
1270 Posts |
Not seen a fake of this type.
No problem, it is genuine.
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Posted 07/05/2016 2:01 pm
