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United States
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I have this lightly worn piece. It is not attracted to a magnet, looks and sounds silver, weighs 26.8 grams, with even edge reeding, which I can not scan. Does it appear to be genuine, and if so, how scarce is it?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I vote for fake!
Obverse and reverse inscription doesn't match, first giveaway is the face value of 7 mace and 2 candareens, on the other side it has no value and only inscribe as silver coin.
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United States
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I don't agree with the giveaway stated above but I agree it's an ordinary present day fake.
I think the sides are about right for an imitation of the 1908 central mint coin.
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Hong Kong
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
731 Posts |
I improvised the best I could on my scanner to show the edge and this was the best I could do  |
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Pillar of the Community
Hong Kong
1270 Posts |
Worldnumis, I have more confidence your coin is genuine.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1314 Posts |
I get confidence of it's authenticity from the reverse toning around "Silver Coin."
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5832 Posts |
I need to be more knowledgeable before I am confident to say its a fake.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
731 Posts |
I appreciate everyone's comments and feel confident that the coin is most likely genuine. Thanks to all.
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United States
1915 Posts |
Why not test the coin to see if it's proper silver or not? Not hard to do. I think it looks no different than some of the white metal fakes I have. Fakes can ring and fakes can be close to proper weight. And there are known high quality fakes of this same coin. So if it's tests to be good silver, your confidence maybe stronger.
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Posted 05/29/2017 4:45 pm
