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Possible $20 Omega Counterfeit?
sellitstore
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sellitstore
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Real removed, fake inserted. Two prongs broken off on reverse.
bob
It's counterfeit, but that's no Omega
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
I've seen plenty of lightly circulated High Reliefs but few in jewelry. I figured that if it was an Omega, someone here would want it anyway. Even a beat up genuine jewelry piece is worth significantly more than melt but not this one as a non-Omega fake. Not my thing, but I found it interesting, anyway.
I don't know. I'm seeing something in that claw.
Why do you think it's not an Omega? I can't tell from this photo.
Looks cast because of all the little voids. (pockmarks)
The Omega was a very high quality struck coin.
My Saint Set
In addition to that, look at how unevenly weak the eagle’s neck and lower tail feathers are.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
The rough surfaces look more like jewelry wear to me, but hard to tell. They claim it tested 90% gold. Same as the Mexican 50 Pesos that our alleged counterfeiter is supposed to have used, according to a very popular thread from a couple of years ago.
Didn't sell too far above melt ($2688 vs about $2100 melt), if you consider the mount and BP, but it's one ugly coin (condition-wise) or imitation thereof. It's no longer the attractive piece of jewelry that it once was and is near the end of it's useful life, even as a jewelry piece.
Melt is more like 1787 right now........
I was including the mount and guessed at weight/value plus the coin.
Just judging from the pictures, I would pass... worn, if authentic, and I am not sure it is...Cheers, RickO
That is not an attractive mount, rather crude, I could agree with the aforementioned on the "coin".
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