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New Member
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Edited by maria-ozawa
04/08/2009 01:30 am
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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It looks authentic to me.
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Valued Member
United States
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Very interesting and definately counterfeit, albeit from the looks, a contemporary counterfeit. The edge is terrible! even the reeded part doesn't match the reeding on U.S. made Half Dollars. Is this coin cast or struck? I don't know what the guy was trying to do on the edge, but it was obviously a failure.  Anyway, a good call and a blatant fake. I have a couple U.S. Philippine counterfeits and they are equally bad. ~ Jim |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like a partial collar to me. I don't see anything that makes me think it's fake. Why would someone make a coin that was worth silver melt?
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Valued Member
United States
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and who says it's .900 fine Silver? These coins were made by the U.S. Government to exacting standards coop. Now tell me, how many Walking Liberty half dollars have a reeded edge that looks like that? It's definately not a partial collar, and the reeding is obviously crudely done. Just check your pocket change coop, it's the same reeding used on the U.S. Philippine coins. Now compare that Quarter to the reeding on this fake, it's not even close.  ~ Jim |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So according to you reasoning then, this a fake dime because if has a partial rim on it?  Partial rims are errors. The collar is not fully on the edge of the coin. This happens. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't know what the guy was trying to do on the edge, but it was obviously a failure As Coop said, it is a partial collar strike, specifically a tilted partial collar. Quote:
and who says it's .900 fine Silver? Why would it be 90% silver and what does it have to do with a Walking Liberty 50c? The Philippines 50 Centavos is only .750 fineness, they did not use US half dollar planchets so the comparison is not valid. An accurate weight should determine whether it is genuine or not, the real deal weighs 10 grams Edited by biokemist6
04/08/2009 12:16 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Here's a test to show if it is silver or not. Don't cost much at all. Take a single layer of tissue paper/toilet paper will work also. Place a silver coin on the left and an unknown coin on the right.  If one coin is silver and the other just a clad it will look like the above example. If both are silver then both will be white colored through the paper. If both are white chances are that it is the real thing and not something counterfeited. |
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New Member
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But the "I" on Obv is not as usual ,isn't it?Has anyone saw this kind of coin before?
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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What is wrong with the I? There are 4 I's on the obv.
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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I have a couple U.S. Philippine counterfeits and they are equally bad Can you put some pictures. The only fake I have seen in the US Philippines is the one peso common date and the rare 1906s. Other denominations are not that common. |
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Pillar of the Community
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As others have said, it looks like a partial collar error. The "dip" at the top of the first "I" in PHILLIPINES, would be caused by metal flow associated with the modest expansion of the obverse face.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Nasty scratch on the obverse, but it is a silver coin. |
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