1904 Hong Kong 50¢ Genuineness? - Coin Community Forum

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Coins Mania Valued Member Singapore 151 Posts	Posted 12/21/2022 08:14 am Poll Question Hello there, I assume this piece is genuine? Before I part my money for it. Appreciate inputs very much from all of you. He only has a kitchen scale without decimal points which says 13g. I will weigh with my scale upon getting hold of the coin. Presuming the weight meets the numista spec of 13.5g, and base on the photos shown. This is genuine or not? Best regards and thanks in advance. Poll Choices Genuine Fake Edited by Coins Mania 12/21/2022 08:29 am Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/21/2022 5:18 pm Coin looks to be genuine, but an explanation has to be found for the low? weight. Kitchen scale not accurate enough. KM#15 indicates a weight of 13.58 grams, .800 fine I see a flatness in the rim over 'ON' of 'HONGONG' Need to see a picture of the rim at that point. I suspect that this coin may? have had a loop soldered on at that location, later filed off. -It could? be a damaged coin and not worth much over silver value only. If the seller won't supply a pic of that area, then don't buy it. . Report this Post to the Staff
realeswatcher Pillar of the Community United States 1962 Posts	Posted 12/21/2022 9:48 pm Quote: It could? be a damaged coin and not worth much over silver value only. In NO part of the galaxy in the year 2022 is an AU Hong Kong Edw. VII 50c with at worst a slight mount mark (not really seeing this at all, but just for sake of argument) worth not much over melt... Coin looks genuine to my eyes, some luster... perhaps a wipe spot at the "&" area (?), though that could just be the lighting (I myself would want to verify that). That weight from that type of scale doesn't prove/disprove anything. Seeing some high grade auction examples with weight exactly as prescribed (13.5_), but the scale could be just off and/or the piece could just a tick below in the 13.4_ g range. Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5830 Posts	Posted 12/21/2022 9:58 pm I voted genuine, the lettering and details appears sharp enough, if you can confirm weight using a digital scale that would be better. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 12/21/2022 10:00 pm I'd like to think it's genuine but the brightness of the coin bothers me. 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
wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 02/13/2023 02:03 am Genuine! Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 02/13/2023 11:56 pm Genuine ! Report this Post to the Staff
Andi10 Valued Member Romania 130 Posts	Posted 02/14/2023 4:15 pm Hi,all of you! Obviously,100% genuine coin! Congrats! Nice find. Andi Report this Post to the Staff
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