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Help Asked For - 1871 CALIFORNIA GOLD 1/2 DOLLAR IS IT REAL?

JazzmanJABJazzmanJAB Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭✭
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I was wondering if this is real? I've not seen any obverses without 13 stars.


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  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,207 ✭✭✭✭✭



    You might do better to post this on the US coin forum
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,107 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, it's real but heavily damaged. Ex-jewelry pieces such as this are not particularly rare.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • JazzmanJABJazzmanJAB Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭✭
    Thanks PerryHall.

    This is for my Holy Gold Collection.
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,119 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Yes, it's real but heavily damaged. Ex-jewelry pieces such as this are not particularly rare. >>



    Is the weight about 1 gram? BTW, same seller has another holed one available for auction.
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,107 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Yes, it's real but heavily damaged. Ex-jewelry pieces such as this are not particularly rare. >>



    Is the weight about 1 gram? BTW, same seller has another holed one available for auction. >>



    This is a Period 2 coin which are all underweight and were made as souveniers/collectables and for the jewelry trade. The Period 1 coins were made for commerce and had an intrinsic value closer to their face value.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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