Posted 07/24/2011 03:19 am
I looked at these a couple of days ago and ended up just going around in circles thinking fake, genuine, fake, genuine, my head was spinning by the time I finished.
This is not a coin or era that I'm too familiar with but what I can say (I hope) without fear of being corrected by someone more knowledgeable than me is the following:
At first glance, both coins look good and the busts are in fact very attractive if a little worn and a lot alike!
Both coins are struck and not cast - the damage on the second one means I could be wrong but think I'm right.
Both are high content silver - helps reach a decision but not a deal breaker as forgers are happy to use the correct metals.
Weights are both possible for the real thing.
The bust on yours very, very closely matches the following known fakes:
http://www.forgerynetwork.com/asset...a/98r25ri74=
http://www.forgerynetwork.com/asset...COuMeiGDPzU=
http://www.forgerynetwork.com/asset...x0aBkoUWpG4=
I personally think one of these is an exact match to your obverses, I dont think any of them are exact matches to the reverse though.
Your coins are in a much more worn state making it harder to say for certain. Without handling the coins I would put them into the 'very questionable' category.
If I was to have a guess (I stress I dont consider myself an expert on these) I would say they were deliberately aged (damaged) versions of the coins I have linked to above or other similar fakes made by the same people.
If I was to further speculate I would say that the forgers knew they had been rumbled and started deliberately damaging the coins hoping the continue to pass them off as the real thing and in highish volumes.
Probably not what you wanted to hear, sorry.
This is not a coin or era that I'm too familiar with but what I can say (I hope) without fear of being corrected by someone more knowledgeable than me is the following:
At first glance, both coins look good and the busts are in fact very attractive if a little worn and a lot alike!
Both coins are struck and not cast - the damage on the second one means I could be wrong but think I'm right.
Both are high content silver - helps reach a decision but not a deal breaker as forgers are happy to use the correct metals.
Weights are both possible for the real thing.
The bust on yours very, very closely matches the following known fakes:
http://www.forgerynetwork.com/asset...a/98r25ri74=
http://www.forgerynetwork.com/asset...COuMeiGDPzU=
http://www.forgerynetwork.com/asset...x0aBkoUWpG4=
I personally think one of these is an exact match to your obverses, I dont think any of them are exact matches to the reverse though.
Your coins are in a much more worn state making it harder to say for certain. Without handling the coins I would put them into the 'very questionable' category.
If I was to have a guess (I stress I dont consider myself an expert on these) I would say they were deliberately aged (damaged) versions of the coins I have linked to above or other similar fakes made by the same people.
If I was to further speculate I would say that the forgers knew they had been rumbled and started deliberately damaging the coins hoping the continue to pass them off as the real thing and in highish volumes.
Probably not what you wanted to hear, sorry.
