1913 $5 Gold

What I'm seeing is that the diagonal lines behind the maple leaves, the maple leaves, and the lions' faces are all worn or not minted with enough detail. The surface fields have an odd texture, almost like copper. (Refer to my signature. Don't take my word for it.) Looking closer, there are more worn parts on the highest points, which leads me to believe that it was dropped or moved across purposely on table to wear it down. MS puts it at a collectors range, where they will certainly inspect it thoroughly in hand before purchase. Putting it at AU or EF will make people believe that it is worth bullion value only, and usually not given a second look. Caveat emptor.

I would acid test it but I don't want to destroy it. The auctioneer is a good one so I'm sure we'll work something out, I'm curious though - were $10 1913 pieces counterfeit too? There was another one at this auction that I did not buy.

The $5 and the $10 were roughly in the same condition and both sold for about melt, so I guess this means I should have bought the $10 :(