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Slovenia
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1657 Posts |
Sorry, nothing real in the lot. All are modern fakes.
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Moderator
 United States
14463 Posts |
Those with the Mercury dime obverse, and say One Ounce on the reverse might need weighting and a more detailed investigation. |
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United States
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 to CCF. Look fake to me also but I am no pro. The first way to check them is with a magnet. If they stick they are fake,if they do not stick the next step is the design being wrong. John1  |
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 Slovenia
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Hi guys, thank you for all your quick responses. I've tried the thing with the magnet, it sticks to all of them. Also, the one that says 1 ounce weighs 17 grams. What should I do with them? Would anyone on ebay want to buy them when I sell them as fakes? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think that since they are trying to look like authentic coins [sort of], in order to legally sell them you would need to mark them as "copy". But there are plenty of fake coins that are sold as fake coins that sell on ebay without such marking. For what that's worth. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The one ounce coin weighs 17 grams?!
1 Troy ounce = 31.1 grams!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The pictures are too small for me to read the text -- is the "17 grams" one we're talking about the one that says "100 cents" along the bottom? The text in the center (1 - G, 16.1 - S, 1.9 - C) reminds me of the writing on the $4 stella, where G/S/C would refer to gold, silver and copper, but if they all stick to a magnet, that wouldn't be the true composition -- they're all reproductions.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The GOLOID dollar was a pattern coin. The U.S. government rejected the three metal coin because fear of counterfeits.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They all appear to me to be counterfeits, especially since they fail the magnet test.
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Rest in Peace
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Locomotor to the forum! There are many who buy fakes, not just to collect them but it helps to have a fake/reproduction, actual counterfeit in hand when identifying others as to their real status or not. It is "legal" to sell coins as this AS LONG AS they are identified as being reproduction/fakes. So yes, on ebay these can Ber sold. When I buy such, I Dremel the word "COPY" on the reverse side so my nimwit relatives don't try and sell them as real when I'm gone!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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loco! I would also try in some way to make them as copies. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Little value no matter what you do with them. Personally, as long as they don't contain lead or zinc, I'd use them as lake skippers. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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destroy them, these are terrible fakes, don't let others think they have something valuable
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Modern day's dreamer's fakes!if I were you I would start my numismatic hobby and collecting with a real deal, genuine coins and just put these away out of circulation.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:
e U.S. government rejected the three metal coin because fear of counterfeits. True because contrary to the alloy inventors claims the finished coins always looked like plain silver. A counterfeiter could leave out the gold and it would be very difficult to tell. |
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