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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Weakness at K1 on obverse and K11 on reverse is suspicious. This does not match known genuine examples to the best of my knowledge. No doubt in my mind this is a fake.
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Valued Member
United States
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I agree with what ijn1944 said about a reputable 3rd party grading service to know for sure. It would be awesome if you can update us here when you find out. Also, welcome to the community!
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree with what ijn1944 said about a reputable 3rd party grading service to know for sure. It would be awesome if you can update us here when you find out. Also, welcome to the community! It is up to the OP if he wants to but he would just be wasting his money. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agree, waste of money.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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@JimmyD I haven't speculated on real coins much, much less fake ones, due to coins being a fairly new hobby of mine. If the OP thought it was sincerely real, it would be a good learning experience, going through the grading process, if OP hasn't done so yet. But yeah, it's up to the OP. Googling the 1943 coin...that's a really high-value coin if it was real, jeez. If I were to buy something like that, I'd buy an authenticated/graded one.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Check the images of genuine coins and you'll quickly understand why this is a fake.
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Valued Member
United States
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Top left appears pinched. Like in a waffle machine. Definitely doesn't look real.
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Valued Member
United States
107 Posts |
*comparing genuine coin images from google images, while typing this*, according to OP's pictures and comparing images, the surface texture/material looks way off, doesn't even look copper, and as -makecents- pointed out, the rim doesn't look normal. But yeah, the texture/material of the coin looks way, way off and questionable.
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New Member
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Hey thanks everybody for the info this was out of a jar of penny's my grandfather had in his estate among other coins so I don't know anymore about its history other than I remember him collecting coins from the 70's when I was young...it weighed 3.1 (I don't have a scale that weighs 2 decimal points) and I am sending it off to PCGS to get evaluated I'll keep ya updated on what they say if it's fake oh well it was fun finding it and if it's real (fingers crossed) well the money will help alot of ppl in my life...thanks again for all the informative replies theres alot of knowledge in this forum
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03/20/2022 8:31 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You can lead a horse to water... |
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Pillar of the Community
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I will maybe close this thread with my remarks. First: only fake 1943 Chinese was the S not Phil. The Phil was done from 1948 dispaching the material. Second: the surface of the coin has the color of a Zinc coated coin and also the "texture" of the material. Third I will let anyone to judge by compare the genuine design with this one and please look close where I put the lines and the Circles. In forensic we look of those things if we can't test in hand the coin. Hope help someone.  PS: To the OP: before spend the money with the TPG look at the diameter and the weight. Your choice. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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This coffin was nailed shut several days ago.
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03/20/2022 8:50 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great way to close out a Sunday brimming with numismatic adventure.
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