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Dcreek1968 Valued Member United States 314 Posts	Posted 07/21/2010 09:25 am BTW - I concur with the sand cast fake assessment. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 07/21/2010 10:39 am No, this is not a good forgery. Even allowing for metal movement from a wire brush, the proportions are all wrong. On first glance, my eyes crossed; it just ain't right for a 1921 Morgan. Specifically: The arrow fletches are wrong. The shape of the eagle's head is wrong. The date numeral spacing and number height-width proportion is wrong. There's too little "white space" in "In God we trust," even allowing for metal flow. Ugh. It hurts to look at. Report this Post to the Staff
swamperbob Pillar of the Community United States 5362 Posts	Posted 07/21/2010 11:34 am Dcreek1968 If I understand you correctly - you would put the water and container on the scale and zero it out. Then adding the coin would give you the same weight as in air. You need to weigh it hanging in water. The analytical scale I use (a 4 beam Ohaus balance) has a hook above the normal pan and a free arm that can support the water and container. Here is a sketch I made of how it works using a picture of an Ohaus scale like mine. The arm in the Photo is in the balse - you just raise it to do the test. Here is another set up I found on the internet - it will work but you would have to adjust your calculations for the effect of the wire. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189604 Posts	Posted 07/21/2010 1:41 pm Quote: Here is another set up I found on the internet - it will work but you would have to adjust your calculations for the effect of the wire. Not sure if it is his photo, but that is the same picture from Kurt's post: Testing specific gravity of coins: a brief demo Which is based on your previous post! We have now come full circle. 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
Namachieli Pillar of the Community United States 2120 Posts	Posted 07/21/2010 1:56 pm You know JBuck. we should have a feature that would allow us to searc.... oh, nvm... Report this Post to the Staff
zazenboy Valued Member United States 103 Posts	Posted 07/21/2010 3:09 pm Right off the bat the date is odd and so is the mintmark. Technically it is illegal to possess, but the ANA Money Museum should have a copy of it in its forgeries reference library if it was a cast counterfeit from the 20s and 30s. Report this Post to the Staff
3stooges Pillar of the Community United States 511 Posts	Posted 07/22/2010 3:14 pm I wouldn't even think about checking to see if such an ultra-common date was a fake. Good catch. Report this Post to the Staff
TreasHunt Pillar of the Community United States 2540 Posts	Posted 07/27/2010 08:59 am Great find, contemporary counterfeit. Worth more than a real one. Report this Post to the Staff
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