Hong Kong 50 Cents 1905 Real Or Counterfeit/Fake Looks Too Good!

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davidc Valued Member Australia 177 Posts	Posted 02/25/2018 03:21 am purchased this in a big lot of coins weight approx 13.5 g diameter approx 31 mm just looks too good anyones thoughts ? thanks in advace dave * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Edited by davidc 02/26/2018 03:01 am Report this Post to the Staff

alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 02/25/2018 04:11 am No obvious problems. It may have been through an ultrasonic cleaner. Only thing that looks off is the rim above KING. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 02/25/2018 05:41 am I can understand the doubt. The Chinese are getting very good at high pressure centrifugal casting. No wear, but no luster, either. Perhaps different lighting may allow us to see luster, if there is any. Ultrasonic cleaning will not affect luster. Really needs to be examined in hand, to rid it of doubt. An experienced professional may have the knowledge to pick minor variations in design detail, to discern if fake or authentic. I would only hope the if a TPGrader gets hold of it, he will have the required knowledge of design detail of this series. I don't have this sort of knowledge with this series, but I have seen some extremely deceiving HK Dollar fakes, posted here in the CCF. Could you tell us a bit more about the provenance? Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 02/25/2018 08:22 am I'm requesting some close up photos. Hard to tell. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
PatAR Valued Member United States 262 Posts	Posted 02/25/2018 2:49 pm I agree that higher resolution photos would be needed to provide an opinion based on appearance. Also the edge. How does it do with the magnet test? Report this Post to the Staff
realeswatcher Pillar of the Community United States 1962 Posts	Posted 02/25/2018 4:46 pm Quote: "How does it do with the magnet test?" No fake THAT accurate is going to be magnetic. Quote: I'm requesting some close up photos. Hard to tell. I agree. But to start, noting that it's a scan... near UNC yet flat tone and (perhaps) slightly pebbly. Report this Post to the Staff
davidc Valued Member Australia 177 Posts	Posted 02/25/2018 5:52 pm not magnetic, came with about a kilo of older coins, some silver, will put up some more scans tonight thanks for your replies regards dave Report this Post to the Staff
davidc Valued Member Australia 177 Posts	Posted 02/26/2018 03:02 am posted some scans and coins that arrived with it hope this helps regards dave Report this Post to the Staff
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Hong Kong 50 Cents 1905 Real Or Fake Looks Too Good!