1921 Peace Dollar Counterfeit or Real?

OAKSTAR

I'm not an expert but at first glance, it could fool someone. After comparing this to several other real peace dollars, the date and obverse rays all look noticeably bolder. The reeded edge looks just about perfect. The coin is lighter, 20 grams. The coin isn't metal. A magnet will "not" stick to it. It looks like it might be a cast coin. I think those are casting bubbles and chips or EDM's.

Other then that, it sure looks, sound and feels like a real Peace Dollar. Your thoughts?

jmlanzaf

It's definitely metal. Definitely not paper or plastic. It's just not silver.

jonathanb

I agree that it must be real if you start off by ignoring all of the reasons that it isn't.

Sapyx

There is zero probability that a genuine silver dollar coin somehow managed to both lose 6.4 grams and gain a whole bunch of clear "this is fake" signs.

20 grams is a very typical weight for the lower-quality fake nickel-brass dollars coming out of China. I can guarantee the silver content will also be zero.

jacrispies

Maybe a few more closeups would help

Inditonka

Fake...this coin only has 3 rays under "ONE" on the reverse.

OAKSTAR

@Inditonka said:
Fake...this coin only has 3 rays under "ONE" on the reverse.

I knew that. 🤣 😉

IkesT

Yep, wrong reverse type for a real 1921 Peace dollar. The first thing I look at is the olive branch, but there are several different pickup points you can use.

Steven59

Make sure there isn't a chip inside that coin keeping track of your every move and sending the information back to China!

ChrisH821

Very fake

air4mdc

Lots of tooling marks indicative to a “fake.”

lonemountaincoin

Fake AF