1917 Lightweight And Fake/Counterfeit Notice

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thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 10/21/2017 7:29 pm https://www.ebay.com/itm/1917-P-O-D...AOSwScdZwCTo Not worth the money to me, but a fascinating bit of history. The eagles would have been shortweight by about a gram, or 5-10%. Also interesting that NEW 1879 dollar gold coins were circulating this late, though there appears to be a typo regarding the counterfeit shortweight...120 grains is about the weight of a $5 gold coin... "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Edited by thq 10/21/2017 7:41 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/22/2017 4:02 pm Very interesting, thanks for sharing! Report this Post to the Staff
machine20 Pillar of the Community United States 1276 Posts	Posted 10/22/2017 6:41 pm Pretty sure the 1879 coin is a Morgan dollar Report this Post to the Staff
thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 10/22/2017 10:14 pm That makes a lot more sense machine20. Base metal silver dollars, not gold. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Report this Post to the Staff
Steele Pillar of the Community United States 1119 Posts	Posted 10/23/2017 10:50 pm the line about marking coins for identification as same must be surrendered to us would sure make me think twice about reporting an underweight coin and losing all the remaining gold too Report this Post to the Staff
thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 10/23/2017 11:48 pm The term "sweating" interests me, as I've only heard it used when soldering pipes. Sweating a joint is done with a blowtorch on a joint already fluxed and assembled. The solder flows uniformly into the hot closed joint, fusing it when it cools. Here's a contemporaneous mining journal, which discusses the use of sweating to remove gold mercury amalgam from plates used for gold refining. Unfortunately, the sweating process is not described. https://books.google.com/books?id=r...cury&f=false Whatever was done to these coins in the circular would probably have involved mercury and heat, removing the coin's surface as amalgam. A gram of weight seems like it would be enough to remove the surface details of the coin, and give it a very worn polished appearance. I've occasionally seen junk gold coins with this look, but always thought it was decorative polishing. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Edited by thq 10/23/2017 11:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff
bandsdean Pillar of the Community United States 2125 Posts	Posted 10/30/2017 07:47 am Very cool! Report this Post to the Staff
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1917 Lightweight And Counterfeit Notice