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Valued Member
Italy
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Ciao, what do you think of this uniface Half Dollar of 1962? It seems a counterfeit piece to me: white metal, 29 mm - 6,81 g, smooth edge. Roberto   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7613 Posts |
Looks like a genuine half dollar that has had the reverse planed off.
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Valued Member
 Italy
81 Posts |
The metal is definitely not silver.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Interesting. How did you test it?
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Valued Member
Italy
81 Posts |
Because of the weight and the sound, it doesn't sound like silver.
The thickness is like a normal coin and the diameter almost, but the weight is about half of the correct one, in the hand you feel the difference.
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Moderator
 United States
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@robert, would you mind sharing with us the actual weight of this piece? Also, could you please post a pic of the edge? Thx.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I believe he already stated the weight, 6.81 g. But if the thickness is normal, then certainly a fake.
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Moderator
United States
34393 Posts |
Ah yes sorry I missed that. I'm still interested in seeing the edge though.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Valued Member
Italy
81 Posts |
Here it is the edge.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3402 Posts |
I can't understand why one would make a one-sided counterfeit. I have to believe that this is a worn genuine half with the reverse and edge deliberately defaced. Doesn't it "ting" when you drop it?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
The problem is the weight - only about half of a genuine silver half.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 Hmm , this is strange ! |
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United States
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After enlarging and enhancing the edge pic, it kinda looks to me like I see a circumferential line. Could this be an Aluminum casting? If you have access to a SEM at a local university (or even a Precious Metal Analyzer at a local pawn shop), that might help us get closer to an answer.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
24885 Posts |
1952 Franklin half dollarLiberty Bell Metal Silver (.900) Weight 12.5 g Diameter 30.6 mm Thickness 2.15 mm This coin :    **    Edited by Dorado
11/12/2018 10:04 pm
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Valued Member
United States
366 Posts |
there is just something "off" about the coin - cant quite put my finger on it.
to me it doesn't look real
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Valued Member
United States
265 Posts |
If you look at the space in between "God We" and the bottom of the bust, it looks quite a bit off. Also look at the 'L' in Liberty. Also on the genuine half, he looks to be leaning forward more than the coin in question (where he looks much more up-right).
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Posted 11/12/2018 12:33 pm
