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New Member
United Kingdom
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I found this 1935 Silver Crown coin and after looking into it I saw that this coin was fairly different to the variations that I've seen  The front of the coin is not that much different from the other variations but is fairly worn (Along with the head side).  The head side is stamped on upside down (Can't really show in picture form) to the adjacent side, which from what I saw was not the case for the other ones.  The edge of the coin has no writing on it at all and just has a milled edge  The coin does have a mark on it which is just (M) as opposed to (PM) that I have seen in other images. I assume the PM ones are just proof variants and this is just a general circulated one. I did a quick magnet test on the coin and there were no signs of being magentic at all. I mostly need help with finding out it this is just a variant that I don't know about or if it's a fake. Thanks |
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Moderator
 United States
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@smih, first welcome to CCF. Second, any chance of you calculating the specific gravity of this piece?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Pictures are not very encouraging for authentic.
Weigh it accurately.
Try a comparative ping tone test against any other .500 fine British silver crown.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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 I would say definitely a fake. Edge lettering is always present on these and all the other details are far too mushy to be genuine. I would suspect it will be in cupro-nickel and will have come from the far east in the last 20 years. Have you done the sliding magnet test as opposed to the quick check if it is magnetic? |
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 United Kingdom
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@spence Thank you. The weight of the coin comes at a weight of 21g and after doing the slide magnet test it does seem to slide off the coin with some friction, but only when held at a failry steep angle.
@sel_69l I'll try and find another 500. silver coin to check the sound, I should have one.
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United States
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Australia
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Absolutely, definitely not genuine. Sorry.
Looks like a typical low-quality "Chinese fake". Intended to fool tourists, not actual coin collectors.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
599 Posts |
Fake.
They never get it.
They keep on buying them.
Watch your top knot
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Pillar of the Community
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CHINESE fake junk.
Doesn't even look kind of authentic.
Looks like a lead or zinc copy.
This coin should weigh 28.26grams not 21 grams.
Don't blame you - the Chinese feed on innocent people and I think condemning someone for buying or getting Chinese junk should be pitied rather than condemned.
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Edited by Princetane
05/29/2021 12:13 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That one is so bad the Chinese Quality control guy
Must have been on a coffee break ! Ouch!
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