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1906-S Half-Eagle....PMD or clashed dies or what is up with the rim on the reverse???
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The entire coin is counterfeit.
From the photos, agreed.
Crude counterfeit.
NFG was my first thought. What's the weight?
Collector, occasional seller
First thought I had as well.
details are just mushy.....look at the lettering and mint mark.
bob
My postal scale says 8 grams.
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Your coin is a counterfeit. I happen to own the same date in 63.
Underweight (s/b 8.359).... Is this an auction or did you already purchase it? Cheers, RickO
The questions in the OP are still worth answering.
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This coin is part of a very small group of coins that a friend is interested in selling for her mother. The rest of the coins are some early Canadian coins, a couple of Indian Head Cents, dateless Buffalo Nickels, and some assorted older 90% U.S. silver....nothing of any particular value. These are coins that her grandfather accumulated.
Though counterfeit, it may still have some gold content.
I would imagine a postal scale is only good for +/- 1g so it might still have the proper gold content. Take it to a coin shop, they should have the ability to test for purity.
Collector, occasional seller
Yes. THis counterfeit is typical of the counterfeits made in the 1950's and 1960's, when gold was cheap, and the purpose of the counterfeit was often to evade gold ownership laws. I would be quite surprised if it was not at least 21kt gold, and it may be the full .900 fine.
Yikes, definitely no good.
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I am taking the coin into a jewelry store to have the metal content checked. If this counterfeit coin is composed of gold what is the best method of selling it? Would it be best to deface the coin and simply sell it at melt? Is it legal to sell as is if it is described as counterfeit?
It's fake, as the Cap'n stated, probably is real gold.
Should have no issue getting melt for it.
Best to deface it and sell it as scrap, but do not expect to get melt for it. Nobody pays melt for scrap gold.
Yeah, you're right, I meant to say scrap price, not melt price.
Too bad.
I took the coin to a jeweler today. It tested out at between 20k and 22k. He offered $220 for the coin. Is that a reasonable offer?