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Squiz New Member Switzerland 2 Posts	Posted 03/21/2022 12:21 pm Hello today I was at a mineral fair and one seller had some coins. The seller did not know much about the coins. But she told me that she was told they where a silver alloy. Anyways for 12$ I figured it would probably be worth it for the silver alone. So I bought this one. At home I did some more research and found they are valued quite high but that there is also a lot of fakes. With my scale I weighted it to be 26 - 27g (not very accurate jumps between the values) It had some yellow tinge that went away really well with silver cleaner. (I did not fully clean it as I like the worn look) Anyways I'd appreciate your opinions if this is a real one or not. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 03/21/2022 12:22 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Numister Pillar of the Community Singapore 631 Posts	Posted 03/21/2022 12:50 pm I don't have much con-fidence in the "blobby" characters. Report this Post to the Staff
Squiz New Member Switzerland 2 Posts	Posted 03/21/2022 1:37 pm It seems quite worn "handled" and the image quality is not the best, but I'm also quite positive that that look can be faked Report this Post to the Staff
Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1913 Posts	Posted 03/21/2022 1:57 pm To me it doesn't look like the English name and the Chinese name for the province matches. It looks like they do not belong on the same coin. If true then it points to a common fake and no doubt having little or no elemental silver at all. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 03/21/2022 6:10 pm Unfortunately, Albert is correct. The province named on the English-language side is Kwangtung, the province named on the Chinese-language side is Kwanghsi. Close, but not quite. A "mule" like this, with different provinces named on different sides, is a sure sign that it's a fake. Sorry. And I can guarantee that the fakes where mules are likely to occur are 100% never made of actual silver. The fake-makers only use real silver on the highest quality fake coins that are trying be good enough to fool even expert collectors. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188317 Posts	Posted 03/21/2022 7:19 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
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