Is this a fake?
U1chicago
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It has fake scratched into the coin on both sides....
Makes one wonder, especially at the $1,925 auction price....
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It looks suspicious to me but I’d need more detail like weight, etc. It could be a saltwater recovered peso but I wouldn’t touch this at any price.
Looks sus, also I would not buy it lol.
The writing of fake is real. Everything else... Eh??
I am very suspicious of it, but I could not condemn it based upon photographs.
The Philippinos dumped tons of silver coins in one of their bays just before the Japanese invaded their country so they wouldn't be captured. Many of these coins have been recovered and they show extensive corrosion from the salt water. This may be one of them.
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Lifted from another source:
The 1906-S peso is a scarce coin, but to make matters worse, the 1906-S is heavily counterfeited. Both cast counterfeits and altered date examples exist. There are a few diagnostics to help us determine which is a genuine and which is a forgery. In 1905, around OCT or NOV (depending on the source) the dies were changed from a curved serif to a straight serif; thus all 1906-S pesos will have a straight serif, except one die marriage. I will discuss the straight serif dies first. On the straight serif, there are a few diagnostics to look at:
1) The first point is always the safer of the "1", If it is straight proceed to
2) If it is curved as in picture group 3, then it is fake, if it has a slight curve as in picture group 2, then proceed with (2). 2) Count the denticles starting from the right side of the "1", the 12th denticle will be directly under the base of the "6" on a genuine 1906-S Peso. If so, proceed to (3)
3) Count the denticles starting on the left side of the "1". If the "S" mintmark is directly under the 7th denticle, proceed to (5). If the "S" mint mark is in between the 6th and 7th denticle, then move to (4).
4) On pesos were the "S" mint mark falls in between the 6th and 7th denticle, there will be a die crack under the left wing of the eagle extending down into the three arrows as in picture group 2. If this die crack is not present, then it is more than likely not genuine as all known genuine pieces show this die crack. If the die crack is present, move to (5).
5) Look at the "9", all genuine examples have a larger and rounder knob. If so, move to (6)
6) Check the "0", on genuine examples, the upper inner lop to the right of the "0" is straight rather than oval (hard to see from pictures). If so, move to (7).
7) Check the "6", all genuine examples will show the knob of the "6" in a slightly teardrop shape instead of round.
I would pass.
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The graffiti alone would make me pass....crude, ugly scratched letters. Cheers, RickO