| Author |
 Replies: 8 / Views: 5,452 |
|
|
New Member
United States
17 Posts |
... and after seeing other threads here on the forum, I am sure mine is a replica or fake as well. Mine appears to be plated as the brass(?) is starting to show through in several wear spots. I collect odd things like this, and pestered a local dealer for it for many months last year and he finally said for 5 bucks it's yours. I may have paid more than it's worth, but you don't see them every day. Well until I joined this forum anyways.. lol   |
|
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21590 Posts |
What is the weight? It should be 26.4g
If you read the other postings, then you probably noted that with the Fat Man coins,
assume they are are counterfeit until proven genuine.
|
|
Moderator
 Australia
16810 Posts |
I have found, for many of the lower-quality Chinese fakes, that "photos don't lie". They may look silvery in hand, but try to take a picture, and the yellow brassiness shows through.
Your health and welfare is not a high priority for the people who make and sell these things. I don't know what the "silvering" is made of, but it's not actual silver, and could well be something toxic like mercury.
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
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Singapore
631 Posts |
Looking at the pictures the denticles looks uneven, text looks slightly blobby are amongst other details that look off.
I'd have to say fake.
My opinion is that for every real Fat Man Dollar that exist there are at least 20 fakes.
|
|
New Member
 United States
17 Posts |
Quote:
JimmyD What is the weight? It should be 26.4g
If you read the other postings, then you probably noted that with the Fat Man coins, assume they are are counterfeit until proven genuine. Just weighed it and it is 18.44g, and yeah I totally believe it's fake but I just like odd (typically affordable) things like this, medallions, tokens, and fakes/reproductions of many kinds. |
|
New Member
United States
17 Posts |
Quote:
Sap- I have found, for many of the lower-quality Chinese fakes, that "photos don't lie". They may look silvery in hand, but try to take a picture, and the yellow brassiness shows through.
Your health and welfare is not a high priority for the people who make and sell these things. I don't know what the "silvering" is made of, but it's not actual silver, and could well be something toxic like mercury. Thanks for the heads up on that. I know they can use substandard materials but never thought about overly unsafe ones. I will say though I store all in those newer poly flip holders and only look handle them once in a blue moon or so, like today was the first time in a year (since I got it). Also, I get that weird metal smell on my fingers after any coin touching, so I wash my hands always after touching any coins, etc. But still good to know so I'll be extra aware now. |
|
New Member
United States
17 Posts |
Quote:
Numister- My opinion is that for every real Fat Man Dollar that exist there are at least 20 fakes. After looking a little more into it, I'd believe that's about right. |
|
Pillar of the Community
Singapore
631 Posts |
And on a side note, the official mintage for Fat Man Dollars aren't tiny either, read somewhere it's something like 800 Million !
Edited by Numister
08/26/2021 11:29 pm
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
36684 Posts |
Yep, that one is a modern fake. 20 years ago the genuine coins were cheap and abundant.
|
| |
Replies: 8 / Views: 5,452 |
|
Posted 08/26/2021 6:32 pm
