Real or not?
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I friend who knows I buy coins suggested someone call me for an offer on some gold coins.
I have not yet seen them or met the person but was sent the photo below.
Realizing it’s hard to tell from a picture, but please share your thoughts.
Do these look real or fake?
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Nothing stands out as bad to me, but Im not wearing my "Expert" badge.
As far as authenticity, I see nothing that raises a red flag but better pic including reverse pics would be helpful. A couple look like they were cleaned.
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Too bad the proofs were not kept in their capsules. They could still have traded both as bullion and collectable coins (although I realize the value would be about the same).
They look good to me, as mentioned earlier most of them look cleaned, also the 1876 appears to have a repaired hole @ 12:00 (see picture) if you look close you can see a fair bit of disturbed metal, including a missing/flattened star in the area where someone filled in the hole at some point.
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I'm definitely not a gold coin person, but several appear harshly cleaned and the 76 has some damage over stars in 2 locations. If they are for sale at bullion prices then, it doesn't really matter, but for a collector, I would not be interested in them(should I even have the capability to buy them).
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The 1876 is obviously holed and plugged while the modern world gold is hairlined up and down like crazy and the smaller US gold appears spiffed-up. Nothing screams "Fake!" to me, but this is just from one quick glance.
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Show reverses, you might have some better mint marks.
I'm not convinced the 1876 G$20 is holed and plugged. From the pics, this may be the case or it could be damaged there. A close-up pic of both sides of this coin in this area would help.
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With just those pictures, I would say they appear authentic. Need in hand examination to be sure. Check the gold content on the non-U.S. coins.... If offered at melt, might be a good buy right now. Cheers, RickO
They all look good. Would like to see reverses as others have mentioned.
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Not sure if not. They do look really nice though.
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