Liberty Mint silver round question...... real or fake?

coinsarefun

The one on the left has a date and I purchased it from a dealer that I know and it has a date, weigh's
slightly over 1 ounce.

The 2 on the right I purchased from a pawnshop. It weighs exactly one ounce but has no date and the edges
are different.


Are the 2 on the left fake or did they not put dates on some of years
I just want to make sure that they are silver. It passes the magnet test, doesn't mean much but its a start



Stefanie

mkman123

probably legit, I wouldn't worry. If I was a counterfeiter, I would be counterfeiting the name brand stuff.

Cladiator

No idea as to they're authenticity. If I were a counterfeiter I'd counterfeit the no name stuff. It would lessen the chances of someone catching on to it. Even if they did catch on to it they wouldn't know if a 3rd party guy did it or if the original manufacturer just wasn't trustworthy. The profit would be less than faking big name silver but since you'd likely not get caught doing generic silver you could do it longer and then make more money. 1 year of good money faking name brand or 20 years of so-so money faking generics.

Meltdown

Liberty Mint is a legitimate silver company... or at least they used to be (not sure if they still make stuff)
I have seen those rounds before and they made quite a few art bar ingots in the early 70's.

OPA

<< <i>It passes the magnet test, >>



As you know, lot of non silver alloys, that look like silver, will also pass the magnet test.

TrustNo1

how do the suspected ones sound? do they have that silver ring?