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What might this be?

cuzzxcuzzx Posts: 138
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found this in some of my old stash, just tring to find out what it might be?

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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    China Dollar, heavily counterfeited , and I can not tell with that photo.image
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  • tbirde56tbirde56 Posts: 2,161
    Actually its a British Trade Dollar for use in the Far East. This coin should weigh 26.9568 grams and would contain .7800 of an ounce of silver.
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  • DoogyDoogy Posts: 4,508 ✭


    << <i>Actually its a British Trade Dollar for use in the Far East. This coin should weigh 26.9568 grams and would contain .7800 of an ounce of silver. >>




    BINGO. however, this is is also heavily counterfeited too, so i'd take a digital scale out and compare it to the numbers listed above
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can't tell if that one is a fake or just a battered original piece, from that picture. Looks fishy, I'm sorry to say. However, that could be just a result of the small, low-res jpeg.

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  • cuzzxcuzzx Posts: 138
    mybe this picture is better and you can tell me more about this coin. my computer 's acting up tonight.


  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not a whole lot better, but a little better.

    The jury's still out, at least from what I can see. Could be fake, could be real. I don't see any obvious red flags.

    Looks like it's been a bit polished, but that isn't unusual- they're popular coins in jewelry. As a matter of fact, the one coin my ex-wife wanted to keep from me was a 1911 British trade dollar I'd given her in a necklace bezel, one Christmas. She got rid of the rest. image

    PS- the first and easiest test to see if it's real would be to put it on a digital scale as previously suggested. If the weight's right, it's probably real.

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  • BCNumismaticsBCNumismatics Posts: 454
    Cuzzx,
    Your British Trade Dollar could be either a fake,or it could be cleaned.It's impossible to tell with that photo.Have you thought about investing in a Canon CanoScan LiDE 25 flat-bed scanner? That's a pretty fine piece of equipment.

    While you're at it,download this FREE photo editor to help you out with editing your photos.

    Aidan.
  • cuzzxcuzzx Posts: 138
    Thanks guys, I'm have a canon rebel xti, set in macro. two flood lights and tripod.

    these might be a little better. will download the above tonight.

  • BCNumismaticsBCNumismatics Posts: 454
    Cuzzx,
    Thos photos are still too bright to tell.You can use Photoscape to change the contrast.

    Aidan.
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