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The majority of unum and slot of the A in America are missing, along with visible distortion of the Earth
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Anyone else concerned that this isn't a real coin? Or am I just being paranoid?
"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."
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Quote:Try the tissue test.  Maybe more going on here, pending the results of tissue test or testing positive for silver. You mention sound is different, but does it sound like silver? The ring of silver is usually distinctive. Thanks, Doug. Edited by Halo1st
06/23/2019 11:13 am
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As I mentioned above it feels and sounds like silver. I will try the tissue test and get back to you @Spence I am very concerned it might not be a real coin but it's nothing like the other fakes I've found so I still have some hope it's real. Though I've never found a fake Ike. |
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tissue test did nothing for me   Starting top left, 1973 s I know is silver, the "1977", a 1977 Clad proof, and a 1976 Clad. The bicentennial is obviously darker, the proof is way no lighter than I thought it would be and the coin in question maybe just slightly darker than the very clean silver coin next to it. Every way I look at this coin it just leaves me more confused and the less I think it's real.
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Saddly the coin is magnetic, definite fake
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Why would someone fake that coin? John1  |
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Saddly the coin is magnetic, definite fake I'm glad that you recorded the whole investigation here, but yuck!  "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."
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I'm not sure why someone would fake this one, except that they tried to make a coin that should be Clad look silver. It seems like they put more effort into it than they usually do but it is missing a large portion of the design.
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Curious if it has a strong magnetic attraction or weak attraction? Also wonder about the diameter. Seems smaller than the other ones under the tissue.
More food for thought, now thinking not related here. I found no foreign coinage produced at the San Francisco mint in 1977. But do see production for several foreign counties in 1976. One country in production was for Haiti using 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper. Thanks, Doug.
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It has a strong magnet attraction, you can pick it up with a magnet
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Why would someone fake that coin? Because they can make them for about 12 cents and pass them for $1 making an 88 cents or 633% profit on each one of them. One hour of production is $432 in planchet costs for $3,168 in profit. Not too many people earn over $3,000 an hour. I'm surprised alarm bells didn't start going off in peoples heads instantly when they saw such design weakness on a PROOF ONLY issue. One glance should have been enough to spot it as a counterfeit. Edited by Conder101
06/25/2019 10:49 am
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Here it is with three other coins that we're obviously fake to me. A little investigation never hurt anyone.  |
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Where did you get those coins? John1 |
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