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Hi all, I started stcking silver for my son and picked up a 1996 W silver eagle the other day at a local gold shop. I could not find any info on the "W" mint mark for 1996's. Anyone know if this is maybe a comemorative, or maybe I received counterfeit silver? Any help would be great. Thank you  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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 to the CCF! I can't tell for sure from the image, but I don't see the detail in the feathers that a American Silver Eagle should have. I'm thinking this may be a counterfeit. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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I'm thinking this may be a counterfeit.  The details are not there. Unless you can post better photos |
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This is definitely a counterfeit eagle
Other areas where the details are wrong are the lines in the shield, the dots between USofA and the denomination are too large, the initials are massive, and even the type face isn't quite right
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to the Community! Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention.  |
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Thank you all. Here are better pics. See what you mean by the details on the feathers after compairing to pics online. I'm going to be ticked if so. Bought 10 at $33 each from a gold shop chain called "Gold Rush". They said they did an acid test on all.  |
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Sorry. New to this, lol  |
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Horrific counterfeit. Try to go and get your money back. If that doesn't work then chalk it up to a lesson learned. You can also review the gold place on-line and poke a stick in their eye with a few bad reviews. The gold place knows EXACTLY what they sold you and knew 110% that those coins were not genuine ASE's. |
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an acid test would have left a stain on the coins as well. I am not seeing it. Definitely fake..
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Yeah, those are some bad looking fakes - There were no 1996 W ASE's (right?) |
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Oh man... sorry, that is (as others have mentioned) a bad fake.  Quote:There were no 1996 W ASE's (right?) Correct. The only 1996 ASEs that had a mint mark were the P proofs. Edited by CelticKnot
04/09/2021 11:28 pm
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to CCF....Wow...sorry about this bad purchase, hope you get your money back....  |
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Thanks everyone for the help, also the warm welcome. Excited to be here and hopefully learn more so can avoid things like this in the future.
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That "1996" font looks terrible and has me saying FAKE off the bat.
That and there's no 1996-W that I'm aware of with the W mark.
Too many lines in the shield also along with the spacing in "E Pluribus" being too close together. It looks like 1 word in yours where the spacing is much more distinct in a real one.
Edited by mrpapageorgio
04/10/2021 4:50 pm
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