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1776 Continental Curency

24K24K Posts: 13
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Found it metal detecting in an area where it could be the real McCoy. Is there an easy way to determine if it's a fake?
If not how would one go about getting it authenticated?
Thanks for any input

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    prooflikeprooflike Posts: 3,879 ✭✭
    Can you provide a pic? How badly is it corroded? If any, your best bet for authentication is ANACS, they'll authenticate most damaged coins.
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    66Tbird66Tbird Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭
    This one of mine is a fake

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    Need something designed and 3D printed?
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    24K24K Posts: 13
    So what is the give away by looking at a picture?
    Or is it just years and years of looking at them. I'll post a picture tomorrow or the next day.
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    KlectorKidKlectorKid Posts: 3,723
    The coin u have is probably re-strike... it could be from 1876 or just a plain old counterfeit. In 1876 (the centenial) thousands and thousands were minted. The chances that it is real is very slim, but there is always a very small posablitity it is reall... but dont count on it.
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    66Tbird66Tbird Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭
    I belive my is a cast copy with a plating that is peeling in areas. The rim is the area to look at IMO. Look forward to your pic.
    Need something designed and 3D printed?
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,490 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The surfaces on 66Tbird's coin are all wrong. This coin has a casted, "sand mold" type finish, which is indicative of a cast copy, not a struck coin.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?

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