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Beware when buying raw

SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 16, 2020 7:36AM in U.S. Coin Forum




Off To refinery with other junk gold, yes they were gold only 18k though.
Coins from the Beware when buying Raw post.


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  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,876 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't know these at all, but those look very mushy. I assume that's what leads you to asking?

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  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 9,513 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They are not US Mint products.
    But they might still be made of real gold (testing would be necessary to confirm that).

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,036 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Definitely fake.

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No!

  • ColoradoCoinGuyColoradoCoinGuy Posts: 238 ✭✭✭

    I believe both are fake. Appears to be tooling marks on the reverses of both coins.

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,077 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Known fakes from the 70's. All the ones we saw at ANACS were good gold.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,073 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very crudely made fakes. The newer fakes being made these days are are vastly superior to these crude amateur attempts.

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  • vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,396 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mushy fakes.

    Vplite99
  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,875 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 15, 2020 5:47PM

    YIKES! Are they even real gold??!!

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,818 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bogus

  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭

    Ditto

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

    Yikes !!! :s

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fakes, but could be real gold....ebay auctions?? Cheers, RickO

  • skier07skier07 Posts: 4,501 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 16, 2020 11:00AM

    If you buy enough coins that are raw I would think eventually you’re going to wind up with a fake one especially with $1 and $3 gold.

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