If you had to grade this...what would it be?....Thanks everyone for playing, now the truth

coinsarefun · February 22, 2019 2:26PM

Whatcha say?
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This was listed as a gaming token from early 1900's. For the price I was all in (not much) I knew this was not a gaming token,
even with semi bad pics, rather a nicely made deceitful $10 gold half eagle. I have only weighed it and imaged for now as I have a Wonderfull head cold. When I get better I will post close ups. It is reeded and weighs 10 grams which is roughly half weight.
What is it made of?...not sure yet. To me it looks either brass with gold gilt or just brass that has been around long enough
to get some patina on it giving it a fairly nice gold tone. I do see some porosity on the left field obverse as one or two mention...
.....good catch to that person. I do thank those that played the game.
It is a very good copy/cast/fake....counterfeit. For this reason I wanted it .

Rooster1 · February 22, 2019 2:30PM

WAG 64

MFeld · February 22, 2019 2:40PM

First answer - a $10 Liberty 😉
Second answer - AU58

coinbuf · February 22, 2019 2:47PM

AU62

steveben · February 22, 2019 2:55PM

based on what i can see in the photo: au58

scubafuel · February 22, 2019 2:59PM

AU Deets from the pics. Surfaces don’t look right to me. Weird shine and check out the micro porosity or something obverse left.

sellitstore · February 22, 2019 3:21PM

cleaned AU

BustHalfBrian · February 22, 2019 3:24PM

AU det. cleaned

Smudge · February 22, 2019 3:27PM

May be cleaned. Nice coin that presents well.

CCGGG · February 22, 2019 3:36PM

62 maybe an old cleaning

scubafuel · February 22, 2019 3:44PM

The porosity of the coin (obv and rev) makes me think it's fake.

Broadstruck · February 22, 2019 3:46PM

Bite it to check if it's gold as it doesn't look mint made on my tablet.

Luxor · February 22, 2019 4:25PM

Looks AU to me. Not sure on authenticity from that pic

cameonut2011 · February 22, 2019 5:16PM

I'm not convinced it's authentic. The central detail weakness is weird as is the porosity and weird looking surfaces. This issue is not one known for strike issues.

coinsarefun · February 22, 2019 7:58PM

@Broadstruck as usual you hit the nail on the head. @scubafuel you were the first to pick up
on it. I hope everyone here looks and keeps for reference pics like these to identify the real from fake.
While not a perfect convincing fake it would fool quite a few.