1906 A Prussian 20 Mark fake!!!?

ormandh · February 24, 2008 6:34AM

I bought this sometime last year and was taking pics of it today and noticed it looked strange for some reason.Then I started comparing to other examples. Notice the ear and the mintmark. The mintmark looks crappy and the ear has no detail on the inside. It has edge lettering. -Dan

Preussen · February 24, 2008 6:53AM

Definitely looks wrong in several areas

. -Preussen

coinkat · February 24, 2008 9:16AM

fake.

ormandh · February 24, 2008 9:19AM

I bought it from a reputable dealer last year when gold was @ $600. I hope he will buy it back. -Dan

coinkat · February 24, 2008 9:25AM

do you have a scale? I would weigh the coin

lordmarcovan · February 25, 2008 9:44AM

Yes, it definitely looks way off. The lettering isn't right. The eagle's face looks squashed-in.

I hope you can get your money back, or that at least it has the proper gold weight so you can ride the bullion train upward with it.

ormandh · February 25, 2008 11:04AM

It weighs 7.9 g., I can't get 1/100ths on this scale. The weight should be 7.9650 g. Is it possible that it could have been a pattern? I am stabbing, but it is worth a shot. -dan

lordmarcovan · February 25, 2008 12:18PM

Well, it looks like the weight is pretty close.

A pattern? I dunno. That seems a bit of a longshot to hope for, and I rather doubt it, but boy, wouldn't that be nice.

1906 A Prussian 20 Mark fake!!!?

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