China Fat Man Dollar - Real?

I'm no expert but in SHanghai you see millions of these things, as fake as anything. Does it look silver when you look at it or touch it?

The rim looks a little strange in your photo, but like I said, I'm no expert, I just think every chinese coin that gets a photo on here is fake. It's the laws of probability!

Thanks for the feedback gents. I've never had anything graded before, who do you recommend?

thanks epop

Hello.
Try this link.
http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3849.html

These coins have shot through the roof, value wise, in the past couple of years. With hindsight I should have stocked up ...

I think I know something about fat man, although I'm not an expert.
From these two photos, it looks real to me. But a photo really in need is the close-up photo for the rim. In China, people won't buy a fat man online if the seller doesn't provide a clear photo about the rim. Unless, the coin is slabbed.
The rims are hardest to imitate. It is the last thing for many people to rely on.

That fake is much better than average - the slight unevenness int he Rim is the only immediate alarm bell but it isn't the easiest to see. Glad you got a refund without problem. With the pre-republic Chinese Dollar sized coins, even weight is un-reliable as it has been known to vary a little.

epop - The 1933 Junk from that link is still at NGC - due a grade any day now, fingers crossed!

I honestly thought it was a good example of a fat man, my first Chinese coin purchase. The coin was in great condition on first inspection, we checked Krause... the weight for this coin should be 26.4g. The one above has very little wear, but weighed 27.02g a coin will lose weight with wear, but not gain it. Then although the rim felt right you could see (with help!) that the edge of the rim had been taken out in places. We thought this was done to reduce the weight of the coin. As my first identified counterfeit I didn't feel good and haven't replaced this coin yet (i will do eventually). Got a fake 1911 Trade dollar last week, again returned and refunded via the popular auction site.