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"Double-struck" 1909 $5 gold??

JesseKraftJesseKraft Posts: 414 ✭✭✭✭✭

Hi All,
Any ideas?
Probably a counterfeit.
Note: Neither my nor the ANS's coin.

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Jesse C. Kraft, Ph.D.
Resolute Americana Curator of American Numismatics
American Numismatic Society
New York City

Member of the American Numismatic Association (ANA), British Numismatic Society (BNS), New York Numismatic Club (NYNC), Early American Copper (EAC), the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association (USMNA), Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC), Token and Medal Society (TAMS), and life member of the Atlantic County Numismatic Society (ACNS).
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,447 ✭✭✭✭✭

    We need much better pics but it appears to be a counterfeit.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • JesseKraftJesseKraft Posts: 414 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Agreed. Those are the best pics I could get. The coin is in Italy, which is also a little alarming.

    Jesse C. Kraft, Ph.D.
    Resolute Americana Curator of American Numismatics
    American Numismatic Society
    New York City

    Member of the American Numismatic Association (ANA), British Numismatic Society (BNS), New York Numismatic Club (NYNC), Early American Copper (EAC), the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association (USMNA), Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC), Token and Medal Society (TAMS), and life member of the Atlantic County Numismatic Society (ACNS).
    Become a member of the American Numismatic Society!

  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,731 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Counterfeit

  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,628 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It certainly strikes me as counterfeit.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Leroy Brown!

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • LazybonesLazybones Posts: 1,496 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TurtleCat said:
    It certainly strikes me as counterfeit.

    It DOUBLE STRIKES me as a counterfeit.

    USAF (Ret) 1974 - 1994 - The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Remembering RickO, a brother in arms.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,447 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JesseKraft said:
    Agreed. Those are the best pics I could get. The coin is in Italy, which is also a little alarming.

    A lot of counterfeit US gold coins were produced in Italy back in the 1960's which is not surprising since they manufacture a lot of gold jewelry there.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Would need better pictures to be sure... However, based on what is shown, I believe it is fake. Cheers, RickO

  • jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,215 ✭✭✭✭✭

    100% sure that's a fake. Pretty bad one at that.

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