prob. a fake coin.. what do you think

[fd3615]

hey there.. i got to spend a few hours hunting this morning.. i went to a field behind a church.. this is in a coastal town of ca for reference.

i found this coin.. came out of the ground clean - and sounds like silver.. looks fake to me.. anyone know anything more to tell me... either way a neat find..

found only 4 inches or so deep... other items at 4 inches dated late 1800's ill post more when cleaned up

ps the side of the coin looks like it was in a mold.. do the real ones look like this?

 

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[MonkeyBoy]

OK.. looking at the pictures one more time... the edge seam does not seem to go all the way around?? True? Normally you would expect to have the seam more uniform or filed off... hm... if this is a hammer struck coin.. it is possible the coin was not fully seated in the collar device.. Again, I would get the tests done.. SG and weight.. and start searching on the legand and see... it seems odd they would mess up the legand that bad... but anything is possible...

 

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