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Sad to say but they are worthless cast inaccurate copies. I hope you didn't pay too much for them.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 to CCF It's a little difficult to be definitive without better photos to examine, but I would opine that the first two are somewhat crude fantasy coins, and the rest, except perhaps for the Ellis Island coin, are very crude copies. Have you tested them to see if they're magnetic? If so, they are definitely not genuine. As for the Ellis Island piece ... can't tell much about it from the photo. Diameter measurements can be helpful, also, although the keyboard in the background is helpful in determining relative size. |
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Hello and welcome to the forum.  No. Sad to say, your coins are not real coins. These are typical Chinese-made fakes. Some of them are complete "fantasies" - designs which never existed on real coins (such as number 1 and number 2). Some are copies of modern coins given fictitious dates (number 4, the Ellis Island dollar, should be "1986" not "1906". Number 3 is a copy of an extremely scarce pattern - it was never struck for circulation. The others are copies of rare older US coins. These fakes will not be made of silver, like the real coins were. They probably will stick to a magnet, indicating that they're made of steel. These fakes typically sell on the streets for $1 or $2 each. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome to the forum!
I agree with the above posters. None of them are real.
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LOL...thanks guys..there my cousins and he got them for cheap in CA so ill let him know! lol..thanks again guys!
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Bedrock of the Community
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A dead giveaway on coin 5 and 6 are that they have a raised rim around their circumference. The dollar coins of this era did not have a raised rim.
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Bedrock of the Community
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the first 4 designs aren't counterfeit they are fantasy pieces. The first being a quarter design and that design didn't start until 1932 so any date before that with this design (even if it didn't have "dollar " on it) would be fake. the second coin looks like the design from an Indian Head penny for the Obverse and no Dollar coin was made with this Obverse design. the third coin the design on the Trade dollar is all wrong, as Liberty is sitting on the globe, this was a pattern design only. And the 4th coin is the design of the 1986 statue of liberty design so anything with a date before 1986 would also be wrong. Coins 5 and 6 are close to the correct design but a good eye can still tell without a doubt they are fake. The last coin I am not even sure what it is supposed to be but guessing its some type of Trade dollar and its so messed up its not even a good made fake, very poorly made |
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Nick, if you are interested in coins, get a RedBook at least. Also, get a Photograde, so you can run away from these pieces of..... insert your own word. These two books are a simple arsenal to help protect from those {profanity deleted} "items". I understand you are new to this, and, believe me, I am not dissing you, but the truism is to buy the book before the coin, my friend. Forewarned is forearmed. Edited by Tam
05/01/2011 7:31 pm
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