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JacobMarley New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 6:20 pm Hello everyone, very cool forum. I'm new to coins, so here is a quick question straight away! I have bought a Hungarian 20 Korona online. Everywhere I look it says it should weigh 6.7750g, but the listed weight from the seller is 6.09g. He's adamant that it's original, and not a restrike. So... should I be worried? Also, I've learnt that the restrike date for the Hungarian 100 Korona is 1908. Is this the same date/year for the Hungarian 20 Korona restrike too? Any advice/help appreciated... first real steps into proper coins... I've even bought a scale and micrometer! Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 10:11 pm to the Community! I moved your post to the World Coin forum so that your questions may be answered. 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
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 10:28 pm The restrike should weigh exactly the same as the original. The Mint which produced the original, also very probably produced the restrike as well. Restrikes are not forgeries. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 05/01/2011 01:22 am Quote: Everywhere I look it says it should weigh 6.7750g, but the listed weight from the seller is 6.09g... should I be worried? First off, make sure of what the seller is actually saying. These coins are .900 fine, so while they have a net weight of 6.775 grams, they contain 6.0975 grams of gold. The seller might simply be trying to inform you of the actual bullion content. If 6.09g is the actual weight of the coin, however, then yes, I'd be worried. Losing 10 percent of a coin's mass is not a subtle difference, nor would it be within a mint's tolerances for gold coins. A genuine coin that had lost that much mass should be severely worn, or perhaps clipped or holed, or have some other clearly obvious explanation. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
JacobMarley New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 05/01/2011 03:03 am Thanks to all for the warm welcome! And thankyou for your help and advice so far. I was thinking about this last night and what Sap says seems to ring true regarding actual gold, as opposed to actual mass weight... i'll have the coin soon so will confirm either way. It's probable that I've just made the most basic of mistakes when first starting collecting! Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 05/01/2011 03:22 am Jacob: Sap has a valid point, I think he is right. 6.775 g x .900 fine = 6.0975 pure gold. Report this Post to the Staff
swamperbob Pillar of the Community United States 5362 Posts	Posted 05/01/2011 9:03 pm JacobMarley Welcome. Sap is right on the money. Report this Post to the Staff
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