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Im New Help Please! I Purchased A Lot Of Coins And Am Unsure The Value

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 Posted 08/04/2018  12:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Sounds more like a flea market. Lots of fake coins being sold at those places. Even if they don't stick to a magnet, only means not made of Steel or iron. Although other metals are magnetic too. More than likely made of something like Aluminum or some other soft metal. However, it has been known that in China some counterfeiters do use real Silver to make their fakes and try to sell as expensive coins. Regardless they are yours now. Lesson learned. Look for a book called the Red Book by Whitman Publishing. Almost something about all coins in there.
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 Posted 08/04/2018  1:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westernsky to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
He may call himself "panther in the biker world" but he's called a "crook" here in the real world!

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 Posted 08/04/2018  3:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add machine20 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm going to go with no way they are silver
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 Posted 08/04/2018  3:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jimbucks to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Just junk.
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 Posted 08/04/2018  4:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add thq to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I saw a display case full of these in a Virginia City souvenir shop three years ago. They were very coy about their authenticity. I'd guess they had them marked up 50 times what they paid the oriental prince of thieves.

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 Posted 08/04/2018  6:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverDollar2017 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
None are silver. All are counterfeits that have about no value.
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 Posted 08/04/2018  6:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JimmyD to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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I am hoping they are at least all silver
Those are typical made in China replicas that you can buy online for about $2.00 each.
At the very best they may be silver plated (but I doubt it) and would have a zinc or brass core.
Sorry about you being taken but a lesson learned.
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 Posted 08/05/2018  3:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westernsky to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Notice how they all have that grayish dark toning around the edges and the devices? That is a huge clue that these "coins" have Chinese origins.

The counterfeiters use this faked toning to make you think the coins are just toned from the aging process.

If you cannot get a refund just chalk it up as "tuition" in getting your "degree" in numismatics. You'll be much more cautious next go around.

Sorry you got taken.
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 Posted 08/07/2018  2:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NLL to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
All coins appear to be fantasy coins and are likely made out of base metal.
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