Thoughts On This 1899 Chihli 50 Cent?

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wombish895 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/22/2021 2:19 pm Had this piece come in a collection, it passes my XRF and I can match up variations in the denticles to known real graded examples but of course it seems too good to be true, thoughts? Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/22/2021 2:35 pm . Size and weight? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
wombish895 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/22/2021 2:44 pm 13.32 grams and looks like 32mm Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/22/2021 4:00 pm https://en.numista.com/catalogue/in...=&mt=&g=&se= Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 09/22/2021 5:12 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
captainmandrake1 Pillar of the Community United States 878 Posts	Posted 09/22/2021 6:02 pm Did you get this from a seller based out of Latvia? Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 09/22/2021 6:31 pm Color looks like a modern super counterfeit. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
wombish895 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/22/2021 7:15 pm Nope, came from a collection that came in collection had quite a bit of Chinese, primarily kwangtung minors and republic/provincial dollars Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34396 Posts	Posted 09/22/2021 8:52 pm @wom, first welcome to CCF. Second, it would be super nice if it is real. Was there any sort of purchasing documentation or pedigree in that collection? "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." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
captainmandrake1 Pillar of the Community United States 878 Posts	Posted 09/22/2021 10:19 pm It doesn't look right to me. Looks like some of the coins I see on ebay from sellers in Eastern Europe. Same kind of man-made toning; weak devices such as the dots; weak inscriptions such as the th in 25th. If it's silver, it's not an obvious fake, but I've read some of these higher value coins are produced by counterfeiters in silver. Might be interesting to see if the silver content is .86 fine or not. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces34870.html Report this Post to the Staff
wombish895 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/22/2021 10:42 pm Comes up as 86.3% on my XRF, the details are whats throwing me off Report this Post to the Staff
captainmandrake1 Pillar of the Community United States 878 Posts	Posted 09/23/2021 4:19 pm That's interesting that the silver content is spot on. Toning still gives me the heebee-jeebies, bur maybe it's worth sending in for authentication? Report this Post to the Staff
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