Is This Silver? / How Old? (Continued Again)

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MHG111 New Member Australia 28 Posts	Posted 05/23/2017 09:12 am (Continued on from previous post) About my 2 reales... 1. Does it look like solid silver? 2. How old? Report this Post to the Staff

MHG111 New Member Australia 28 Posts	Posted 05/23/2017 09:17 am (already know it's counterfeit) Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 05/23/2017 09:49 am Doesn't the date read 1711? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
nfine Pillar of the Community United States 3468 Posts	Posted 05/23/2017 10:01 am If it's counterfeit, the 1711 date on the coin probably doesn't answer the question about the age of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 05/23/2017 11:14 am What difference does it make when the fake was minted? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 05/23/2017 4:27 pm @mhg111, if you want to know about the silver content, I think that you are going to have to bring it to your LCS and have them use XRF or some such diagnostic equipment on it. I don't believe that anyone can tell whether a coin has been plated silver or is solid silver just by looking at pics (assuming that the coin isn't so worn as to have blown through the plating on the high points). "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
MHG111 New Member Australia 28 Posts	Posted 05/23/2017 7:30 pm Cool, thanks. Report this Post to the Staff
realeswatcher Pillar of the Community United States 1962 Posts	Posted 05/24/2017 4:51 pm Quote: Doesn't the date read 1711? What difference does it make when the fake was minted? Almost 20,000 posts... "SMH". Quote: I don't believe that anyone can tell whether a coin has been plated silver or is solid silver just by looking at pics (assuming that the coin isn't so worn as to have blown through the plating on the high points). You'd be surprised... USUALLY, plating (whatever type it may be) is not all that thick. The high points betray it pretty quickly... and even if the plating doesn't fully wear through and reveal a dark core, you quickly often start to get a faint "two-tone" look that reveals what you're dealing with - especially when you know what you're supposed to be dealing with. The piece clearly has some circulation wear (not just "made to look like that"... as stated in the original thread, I'm seeing a solid "white metal" (or perhaps more appropriately "grey metal") solid alloy here. Edited by realeswatcher 05/24/2017 4:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff
realeswatcher Pillar of the Community United States 1962 Posts	Posted 05/24/2017 4:54 pm Let's get this back to the original post: http://goccf.com/t/288180 Report this Post to the Staff
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