Countermarked Guatemalan 1 Peso 1894. Silver Or Not?

If it is magnetic, it is fake. Nevertheless, it appears to have an excellent strike for a fake.
From the dark patches on the high points, this coin appears to be silver plated with much more base alloy for the core.

(My guess that this coin was put back into brief circulation for legitimate legal tender - for what I amount I have no idea.)** I stand to be corrected on this postulation).

Silver only alloys with iron in trace amounts, so this implies that there must be a significant amount of nickel and copper in the alloy as well. The copper and nickel could have been sourced from existing melted down copper nickel coins. Nickel, which is also magnetic, readily alloys with iron, silver and copper, and also allows for the admixture of iron into the alloy.

Genuine (KM#475a) Brazil 1875 2000 Reis:- 0.7518 ounces Actual Silver Weight. Nominal weight of genuine original 25.5 grams, so coin pictured should be checked against this.

Forget that you know it's magnetic.

It's an obviously fake stamp just by appearance... on a host that, although remotely plausible as a Latin American crown of that period, is to my knowledge unknown with the Guatemala 1894 1/2 real stamp.

And yes, the host "coin" looks like a poor quality fake itself.


If this is how you view this piece... you quite simply need to REALLY sharpen your game.

I don't understand how some people know enough to recognize a particular piece would be an enticing rarity... yet can't recognize it as obviously fake by its physical presentation. That's a dangerous setup for a buyer...