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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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Also saw this today... Thoughts would be appreciated   |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18657 Posts |
do you see US gold much there?
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Pillar of the Community
 Italy
1130 Posts |
@pan, no. I rarely see u.s. gold here which is why I'm cautious.
Thanks for commenting on the 1895. Curious what you think of this one.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
If genuine, I'll say MS-61.
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
1130 Posts |
@coinfrog any concerns on this one regarding authenticity?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
Authenticating highly counterfeited gold can be impossible through photos since the diagnostics are very small. Since this is a common date, an XRF test to verify the 90% gold content should be good enough. The coin looks authentic from the photos.
AU-58.
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
1130 Posts |
@jac, that's the only piece of the diagnostics that's missing in Rome. There are no (that I've seen) XRF machines. It's all physical and visual.
Gold sells for close to spot here but there's the caveat...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say high AU.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36724 Posts |
A small amount of wear on the eye brow, above ear and hair bun. AU-58.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
AU-58, hit on Lib's chin detracts.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Weight would help. I really don't see any wear.
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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Hi coinfrog, the coin weighs 16.73.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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I saw these two coins again today. In hand, both have nice luster and no weak or soft spots on the devices; no evidence of tooling in the fields. Both are at weight; having handed a handful of these (two previous $5 being jeweler/counterfeit) I am going to side with these being authentic specimens.
Is there any premium on the 1906 since mintage is lower?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think this one would still bring common date prices.
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
1130 Posts |
@IGE, I thought so. Just checking. Gold isn't sold here with much focus on dates or condition.
Thanks again everyone
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Posted 04/16/2024 09:16 am
