HI Guys. Help With 1932 Florin.

Impossible to confirm from pictures alone, but the metallic sheen and slight mushiness of detail on this particular coin suggests pressure cast fake to me. Not even the slightest hint of radial lustre, even in the lettering.

Close comparative visual examination with a genuine Florin of the same type would be of great value.
Would like to see a close up of the edge milling.
Needs weight confirmed, test with a magnet, and comparative rig tone test with a genuine sterling silver Florin. These tests will help with picture diagnosis.

Always better to examine any coin in hand before buying.

A problem with ebay: an intending buyer can't do these things!
Helps to explain why more fakes, thought to be genuine, wind up with an honest collector, who is slow to do all of the due diligence required.

Big stakes here; a genuine '32 Florin in this condition would be valued at well over $1,000.

And there some damned good fakes out there, that can pass most tests!

Sel I have racked my brain trying to remember where I seen this about the 32 fakes and the grass not being complete.

I'm sure it was on this site or another I go to and it was something to do with the way it is copied from an original.

Some sort of electronic etching process or something and it tends to leave out details , Or maybe it was the Melbourne florin. I'm not sure my mind and memory are not what it use to be I'm getting on in years now. But I do remember something a long those lines.

That is very sound advice Trout but I hate missing a bargain. LOL. But in this case their provbably isn't a bargain to be had.

Coin is a fake. The missing section of emu leg is a feature of one batch of fakes

Thanks guys I had that feeling , It was to nice a condition and looked all wrong to me. I must be learning slowly. Thanks for the help , I wont bother with this one.

nealeffendi, you are right I took another look that leg is virtually missing. I never spotted that , I was concerned about the lack of grass near the roo. it looked to open and blank. That's what alerted me but yes now I see the leg its definitely not an original.

The crook gives a location of Bossley Park. That is a suburb of Sydney. Currently I have noticed at least 2 sellers with suburbs within 3 miles of Bossley Park that are selling fake coins (1932 florins). One is called cardrifterr (Edensor Park) and another is fade_to_blak (Wakeley). They may all be the same seller using friends/relatives addresses to pull this scam.
There are also any number of fake crowns (1937 and 1938), Centenary florins, 1933 shillings etc on ebay.
Also they may post images of real coins but send you...(I got caught buying a nice Centenary for $300, got sent a registered letter with a razor slit to simulate that the coin was stolen in the postal system that only contained a copy of the postal insurance to make it easy for me to make a postal insurance claim and it took 5 months and lodging a police report before Paypal refunded my money, I only won because I could prove that the image on ebay was lifted from a dealers website)
Look for sellers who claim they know nothing about coins, sellers who claim they inherited it, sellers who claim they purchased it from a dealer 15 years ago, sellers who are selling on behalf of some charity or elderly friend. All scams. They also usually have low feedback, or feedback that is as buyers and not sellers, or feedback that is old (hijacked dormant account). Also look for images of the sellers different coins that were not taken by the same camera as that may indicate swiped images. Caveat Emptor.

Thanks Neil I shall try keep that in mind.

And thank you basil for your concerns, I'm Ok , I'm getting on now in years and a few of the usual health issues are starting to show I'm afraid. But I'm not throwing in the towel life is to precious and the alternative isn't where I want to be just yet.

Thank you guys.