Wikipedia shows a fake.
topstuf
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I was perusing California private gold and came across the Wiki link.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_gold_coinage
The ...bear... wasn't used on the real ones. 
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I'm at work right now, but if you remind via PM, ill submit a request on wikipedia to change the photo
That would be good....no need to have a fake showing in a resource used by many amateurs...Cheers, RickO
Beware of bears. Also missing dollar or dol. Not even a d. Playing in that sandbox requires a lot of education.
...my old college professors would love this, as anything sourced from wiki was poison back then...good eye, and good on the poster who says he will try and fix it
Not a counterfeit since no real California fraction gold coin had this design with the bear. It should actually and properly be termed as a fantasy coin.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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Those tin "fantasies" were called fakes in my shop.