COIN GUYS - Need some opinions on this one... I got a "mystery" coin for you guys...

[ARC]

COIN GUYS - Need some opinions on this one... I got a "mystery" coin for you guys...

Opinions anyone... ?

I saw this and was like... wait a minute... something is wrong with this picture...
It really screwed me up when I first picked this one up.
I thought I had lost my mind... I kept flipping it over and back over...

In fact it is still screwing me up... I am thinking a "round" ? ? ?
A miss strike ?
A fake ?
A what the hell ?

Found a similar awhile back on ebay... but was not same... and I have not looked again.

Saved this one for you guys to figure out.

 

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[bill_wabo]

Even fake, someone took time to make this and it's pretty cool.

 

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[ARC]

Some of the fakes will stick to a magnet.

This coin is silver.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Sure it's not just a Mule??

SS

 

[Scrappy]

Some nice messing around there. Was it edge cut? Mackaydon nailed the two sides ID so now I'm wondering if it was CNC'd and tumbled or stamped? Cool piece!!!

 

[galenrog]

I used to see dozens of this type of fantasy piece several years ago. Mostly made in Asia with a low silver alloy, or more commonly, heavily silver plated, these would bring a few dollars each at flea markets and on eBay. Other than recovery of the small percentage of silver in these pieces, I never touch them. They are NOT mules. They are NOT errors. They ARE fakes.

Time for coffee.

 

[RobRieman]

Big difference in a fake and a fantasy piece. These were made for fun not to counterfeit with. I like it!

 

[sutphin]

BEAUTIFUL COIN ....

 

[foundinrolls]

Fantasy piece , made in China. Designed to fool people int thinking it's a rare coin. I saw a box full of these at a flea market in Kitsap County, Washington State about 5 years ago.

 

[tokameel]

Get a common, equally worn down silver dollar (perhaps a 1922) and drop it on a hard tabletop and listen for the 'ring'. 6 inches should do it.
Then when you try dropping your mismatched coin, the sound will be more of a 'Thud' than a musical ring. This is because it is not a solid, original unit.

This is a good way of testing any mismatched or suspicious coin. You can also try a scale that reads grams. A new Liberty Seated dollar is 26.73 Grams, so expect it to be less because it's worn.

Thanks for sharing this.

 

[Garrett424]

Probably made in China.

There were a few going around a couple of years ago that looked pretty good except for one thing. Instead of the obverse and reverse images being head to foot, they were head to head so if you flipped it forward to look at the reverse, it appeared upside down.

Someone completely overlooked the obvious in their zeal to create a passable fake.

 

[marion moore]

what a waste of the real coins, isn't that against the law?

marion