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New Member
United States
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1st time user here....1st time post... Believe this is a fake. Can I solicit some of the more knowledgeable users here for their opinions. Please feel free to comment. Thank you.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 to CCF Have you weighed it & check size? |
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Valued Member
United States
438 Posts |
Looks like it might have been used in jewelry
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New Member
 United States
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No, I have not seen this coin in person yet....The center spot on the reverse of the coin has me concerned...So I dont even know if I'll take the time to look at it yet....Just trying to gauge some opinions first..
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Forum Dad
 United States
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I think the spot is solder, it likely had a pin soldered to it.
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New Member
United States
9 Posts |
If this turns out to be real (I'll weigh it for sure) how does $100 sound?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
759 Posts |
If real, I would personally not pay more than 90-95% of gold melt value due to damage and solder, and would start my negotiations a bit lower. Definitely ex-jewelry. Unless you just love the coin aspect of it, you'd be buying bullion, which you could get for not too much more relative to melt, with no damage and no authenticity issues. Just my 2 cents. Good luck.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The coin itself is likely real since many of these small (and formerly inexpensive) coins were used to make rings, tie pins, and cufflinks. You can easily find intact gold coin jewelry that looks nice; this damaged piece is basically just gold scrap. A gold dollar contains 0.0484 oz. of gold so the current "melt" value of this piece is maybe $85. I personally wouldn't be interested in something like this unless it were priced at well below melt. By the way, welcome! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
764 Posts |
most likely genuine. a lot of dollar coins were put into jewelry.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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A coin such as this one could well have seen much wear incorporated into a jewelry piece. In such circumstances, the detail can appear as rounded and not flat, as would occur if the coin had suffered wear in normal circulation. 90% gold is a fairly soft alloy, anyway.
It is for this reason, that I am quite sceptical when I see an ancient gold coin in pristine condition, irrespretive of who is trying to sell it. I just can't see how a 95% + purity gold coin can survive 2000+ years with no wear at all. But that is another matter.
Quite often, because three dollar coins, quarter eagles and one dollar coins are small, they are quite suitable from a jewelry point of view, and so 'jewelry copies' were made, and quite often of good gold. When either the copies or genuine coins suffer much wear in jewelry, the result is often as you see pictured here.
Value? I think Jaobler and OneBowl are right.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Definitely ex-jewelry. I would expect the coin to be real but obviously damaged severely. Quote:
I personally wouldn't be interested in something like this unless it were priced at well below melt.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
Late addition: almost certainly genuine, ex-jewelry tack.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would offer maybe $60-$70
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New Member
United States
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Many thanks to all who responded. I'll make an offer shortly (of course after I weigh and measure)
Speaking of measuring would a caliper set from Harbor Freight suffice in measuring diameter and thickness?
Thanks again....
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