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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks to alot of help on resolution,,I think I learning to get better scans,,these EAGLES are FAKE,,COMMING from a unnamed source,,that studied these,,what do you think,,the extended hand almost fades into the coin,,could be wrong,,please comment     |
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Maybe I should have not posted something as fakes,,Im not 100% sure of,,,should I expect a visit from the feds for just suggesting that?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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that looks okay to me, its not that common for eagles to be faked. the hand might just be wear
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I see no indication that the coin is fake.
These images are much better than the 1966 dime images.
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Just curious, but wouldn't it be stupid to counterfeit a coin that's just worth a little over the price of bullion (and in this case probably a lot less). It's rather easy to check the weight and other specks to see if it is silver.
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United States
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I still see nothing indicating that this coin is a fake...and carmykle is right - it should weigh in at exactly one ounce and it should be the exact same size as a normal silver eagle. If that fits, then it's not a fake.
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When you look at it you have to ask ? Why does a coin that was never circulated or minted proof have such wear on the dress and face of the coin? Someone must have handled it quite a bit for that wear ? why does it look so old ? The first fakes were " 1906 " we all luaghed and said why would someone do that for ? the coin was " aged " chemically and the die was made to show wear on the coin. Someone bought a 2009 fake silver off ebayhttp://reviews.ebay.com/Fake-Americ...000012836577no telling how many others dates have been fakes also. To make a fake of that coin would be very profitable and not a ket date people would not suspect it Cost to make a nickle based silver plated fake might be 50cents if that If they faker can get the base metal and plating to be the same as a orginal eagles weight He could dump thousands onto the market in a few months he would wholesale them at 10$ each then the wholesalers relist them At 19$ each people would buy them by the roll If they weighed the same only time they would get noticed is when someone sent them to a refinery to be melted as far as the one you have a fake ? http://ezinearticles.com/?Silver-Ea...l&id=1073377the drop test would work, drop a real eagle and see how it sounds then drop the one you suspect is fake see how it sounds If you really wanted to you could pass it on to the u.s mint for investigation |
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its also hard to believe that a silver eagle could spend a few years in circulation to get that wear on the dress and face, wouldnt someone have pulled it out for being silver ? wouldnt someone have set it aside for being different?
A faker in china may not have know they were not coins made for circulation and tried to add wear to the coin to make it look more natural
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the suns ray by the dress look strange very very weak, unless its just the pic
its only worth melt if its real being circulated, id let it set in some lemon juice and see what happens to the color
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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May have been a pocket piece for a few years. Looks fine to me.
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Here is an example of a pocket coin that was pristine five years ago.  |
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coppertop, someone on the forum found an ASE in change, how could it not happen? Edited by Adam_E
11/18/2010 07:43 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:
Why does a coin that was never circulated or minted proof have such wear on the dress and face of the coin?
I don't see any wear on that coin, what I do see is patchy toning Quote:
If they faker can get the base metal and plating to be the same as a original eagles weight
That is virtually impossible to do and keep the dimensions correct at the same time. The only other practical metal with an SG close to that of silver is lead and anyone who is a collector would never confuse a lead coin with a silver one. I see absolutely nothing suspicious about this coin at all, it is just a common heavily toned Silver Eagle. As long as it weighs correct, then it is certainly genuine. |
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United States
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yes,,coppercoins,,,the resoloution has changed my complete problem almost,,thanks again
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United States
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the wear that I was refering to was on the breast area,
look at the one above some one posted and the one he thinks is fake ,
the lower portion of the bust is worn off the lines in the dress at the bottom of the breast are gone,
looks like the fake one that came from china with little detail in the bottom of the breast bust area
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The local coin shop payed 22.00$ apiece,so I suppose all is well.
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Posted 11/17/2010 07:51 am
