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Do these gold coins look genuine?

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,892 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • BIGAL2749BIGAL2749 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭✭

    Another yes

  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks good to me !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • Manfred1Manfred1 Posts: 59 ✭✭

    Looks good, however, i would suggest that you go to the following Numista links and carefully compare the coins in hand with the coins on the website. The pictures on Numista are very good.

    https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3390.htm
    https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7022.html

  • Manfred1Manfred1 Posts: 59 ✭✭

    Apologies ... first link should be ...

    https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3390.html

  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 3, 2018 1:00AM

    The coins look o.k., but it would help others to evaluate your stuff if 1) you could significantly crop your photographs, and 2) if you could weigh your coins in grams.

    These were the workhorse coins in a society that still used a lot of gold (especially under Napoleon III). They are common. Unless you come across a rare date and Mint mark, they trade @ melt. Each contains 0.186 Troy ounce AGW if near new and undamaged.

    The pieces seem a bit dirty and perhaps they were buried and/ or dug up by a dectectorist recently? Don't clean them harshly, water and soft cotton probably.

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,892 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillDugan1959 said:

    The pieces seem a bit dirty and perhaps they were buried and/ or dug up by a dectectorist recently? Don't clean them harshly, water and soft cotton probably.

    Better not to clean them at all.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MrEureka said:

    @BillDugan1959 said:

    The pieces seem a bit dirty and perhaps they were buried and/ or dug up by a dectectorist recently? Don't clean them harshly, water and soft cotton probably.

    Better not to clean them at all.

    Probably so, there's not much premium in them regardless.

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 22,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think they look legit.

  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Look good.

    In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
  • KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks guys for your input :)

    The seller had 5, so I bought them all for around melt:


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