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Pretty convincing, except that there is a pimple near the left base of first two, and the edge is sharp and prooflike   Edited by whatdowehavehere
01/26/2020 08:08 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like a very nice coin ! Get it certified !
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm not seeing any flags.
If nickelsguy says it's ok. You can take that to the bank, so to speak..
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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If it's counterfeit it's a good one. If it's real it's a high grade one.
What concerns me is that it looks like the obverse side has a dish effect going into the edge while it should be completely flat. The later geroge V pennies in this series were struck with a different obverse die that was concave to stop the coins sticking to the dies, take a look, you'll see
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01/26/2020 09:29 am
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If that's a counterfeit, then I'm packing it in because my sense tells me it's 100% genuine.
I'd buy that coin all day long.
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Bedrock of the Community
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THAT is why it's so scary... the edge is completely wrong: square with almost a knife-edge, sharp and pl-shiny. BTW: it's from China by way of Japan. The pimple in the die is usually enough to tell me NG, but that is easily overlooked. I'm guessing spark-erosion, but in this case I don't know
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01/26/2020 11:21 am
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Where are you getting your information?
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I'm no expert on fake's but it looks pretty good to me I'd buy it
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I've been buying R&B KGV small pennies for a while now; have a couple nice Red 1920's, as well as a very nice R&B 1921. None have this edge. The collar hadn't changed, nor had the definitions of the Upsetting mill changed? Am I correct in that assessment? The coin is VERY clean; usually I see a build-up of sorts of accumulated detritus in the devices (what my ex- likes to call "Gungarunga"). Nothing like that here. The luster is subdued. I'd like to sacrifice it to the Solvent Gods to see exactly what kind luster there is, but I haven't done that
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01/26/2020 11:38 am
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I looks die struck to me. Hard to believe they would go to all that trouble for a less expensive coin. I think I have a similar 1922 with the dished out obverse. Will check next time at bank. Here is a fake I own. Not nearly as sharp a George V portrait. To answer whatdowehavehere I have added a rim shot (har!). Not very well defined edges   Edited by John K
01/27/2020 11:35 am
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John, how is the edge represented on your 1930 Aussi penny?
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Pillar of the Community
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Obv die is very slightly misaligned.....other than that it looks NORMAL. As for the pimple, that is a great (pressure) spot for a die chip.
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Well, OK... I'll send it in with a batch of similar material. If it passes Inspection, I'll buy all of you guys lunch, or something
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