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David Graham Pillar of the Community Australia 1610 Posts	Posted 11/02/2021 11:19 pm I recently bought several lots of silver from a seller on on ebay including 5 mexican coins. I paid $24 for them so apparently a OK deal. I soon discovered the 1968 25 Pesos olympic coin is a fake. It felt light in the hand so I weighed it and it was well under weight. A magnet test showed it was magnetic so a definite fake. I am covered by Paypal so should get a refund but thought I will check out the other 4 Peso coins (1958, 1960 and 1966x2). Weights were 16.05 (best specimen), 15.96, 15.96 and 15.95g. Numista lists the weight as 16g so weight seems spot on. They are not magnetic. Given they only contain 10% silver I would assume these are not as collectable and hence less likeley to be counterfeited. Does any one know of fake specimens? Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1913 Posts	Posted 11/03/2021 12:04 am I have one from ebay offered as gold but it was gold paint. Report this Post to the Staff
Numister Pillar of the Community Singapore 631 Posts	Posted 11/03/2021 08:08 am Forgers are getting desperate, making forgeries out of these junk silver coins. Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5239 Posts	Posted 11/03/2021 12:01 pm The one peso coins look perfectly real, but as you correctly surmised, they have little collector value. Some, but very little. Due to the low silver value, and most on the surface I think, they are not desirable even for refiners. Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 11/04/2021 11:15 am https://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins.pl?coin=655 Report this Post to the Staff
David Graham Pillar of the Community Australia 1610 Posts	Posted 11/05/2021 11:38 pm Thanks for the link Dorado. The seller kindly refunded the entire lot. I don't believe he knew the coin was a counterfeit. Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 11/06/2021 4:58 pm Quote: Thanks for the link Dorado My pleasure ... Report this Post to the Staff
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