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So this is otw to me Thats why the bad pics. I expect it to be fake, to good to be true    Edited by Moniker 09/01/2024 11:47 am
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Quote: I expect it to be fake, to good to be true Soooo... why did you buy it?
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Pillar of the Community
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Well 59 dollars and I can refund so no reson why not. Sometimes it is true after all
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Can't tell much from these photos. You'll have to check weight, diameter and give it a ring test when it arrives. Post photos of the coin out of the holder if you decide to keep it.
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Pillar of the Community
 Sweden
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Will do, will magnet to, my first Victor Emmanuel II. Are these counted as proofs or sp or something so few
Edited by Moniker 09/01/2024 1:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 Sweden
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Update, put a magnet to it did not stick, dropped it in the sink rang  weight somewhere in 24gram my scale ia grams only. Is it a elaborate fake or genuine? The edge has small symbols Thankful for input    
Edited by Moniker 09/03/2024 04:56 am
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by Moniker 09/04/2024 02:38 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Well harshly cleaned either deliberatly or by owner. Its from a old collector home that I know. So they have not Passed it on with malicious intent, but the collector might have missed a fake. What material do they make them of thats non magnetic if fake?   
Edited by Moniker 09/04/2024 03:47 am
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Pillar of the Community
 Sweden
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When photographing coins is more fun than working when you work at home.... Did the ping test and it pinged. Also got a ringlight, wasnt to impressed by it (never blame the photographer) One should have a silvertesting machine.    
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New Member
United States
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It's a fake because of the weight. In Italy you can make very good coins but you must have a different weight. therefore at 24 grams instead of 25 it's an Italian made counterfeit
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Pillar of the Community
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Thank you for help, you are probably right will recheck weight for fun some day. Used girlfriend's kitchen scale  it says 26 with flip and 24without it's a cheap scale. I don't know how much weight can differ on the 5 lires I have seen some listed as 24,90 gram etc . Only thing that's odd is why make a fake with almost correct weight instead of correct
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New Member
United States
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That's the weight they use to get around the law in Italy. It probably is silver however so not a total loss
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Pillar of the Community
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Thank you Angelo, so its not illegal if the weight is not the same? Yes a good copy even the flaws on the LE etc on the obv like the ones on original ones. Yes atleast it was not expensive
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