New 1921 Fat Man Dollar Pickup!!

ShadyDave · February 21, 2015 12:23AM

I'm normally a lurker, but I'd figure I share my new Foreign Pickup! My B&M is not well versed in foreign and when I get burnt out looking at US coins to add to my Morgan/Peace/Mercury Dime/Pre-1933 I usually sift through BOXES of coins in 2x2 and envelopes and buy what I find interesting. This is my first Fat Man Dollar, but I now plan to add more Chinese Silver Dollars to my collection!

This piece has great luster, a relatively weak strike, a nice die crack and looks to be in great condition. I paid $85 for this and couldn't have been happier to do so. Any thoughts on grade?

Here is the Fat Man!

olmanjon · February 21, 2015 12:35AM

Welcome Shady Dave. Lurking is great but you don't get to share your knowledge with the rest of us, which is what this great forumn is all about. Like you I started out with US and then gravitated to foreign by picking up 2 x 2's. My collecting now has over 17, 000 all different coins in it. I do have some nice silver and BU coins but I don't get caught up in having the finest of one struck. If it catches my fancy I buy it. I am not an expert on any of them, but just to let you know there are a lot of fakes out in the chinese realm. There are other experts here who will chime in I am sure. Your Fatman looks good to me. Congrats .
Olmanjon

ShadyDave · February 21, 2015 12:51AM

Thanks olmanjon! Yeah, that has been what has holding me back with buying Chinese coins. I am a pretty knowledgeable collector so I can spot red flags (cast coins, underweight coins, altered coins) but I'm not very familiar with details on Chinese pieces yet, so I'm proceeding with caution even at my LCS. I am 100% sure that this is a real Fat Man after my detective work and dealer I purchased it from (good calipers, an accurate scale and a hi-quality Bausch and Lomb 7x loupe).

I've been directed to Text for info on chinese coins, but haven't had much time to educate myself at this point.

zompels · February 21, 2015 5:39AM

Fat man dollar is a wonderful piece, I also like the one you show ....congrats

EVillageProwler · February 21, 2015 8:15AM

The Fatman looks very nice. Love the die crack too -- which suggests that it's not counterfeit.

New 1921 Fat Man Dollar Pickup!!

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