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Could this possibly be genuine?

gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,901 ✭✭✭✭✭


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  • CryptoCrypto Posts: 3,938 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No crude casting, note surface texture

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,069 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's a replica that were sold at souvenir stands to tourists at historical sites.

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,115 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Certainly NO expert here but the following details may also help:
    Mass, Diameter, is it attracted to a magnet? , Weight/Mass :)

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No.

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,901 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bummer it would have been cool to have a real one.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,069 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1630Boston said:
    Certainly NO expert here but the following details may also help:
    Mass, Diameter, is it attracted to a magnet? , Weight/Mass :)

    Also, check the edge. It looks cast so you should see a casting line where the two mold halves came together.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 7,059 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No!
    As stated above, a cast replica.
    Wayne

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  • goldengolden Posts: 10,146 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,070 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Author "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," due out late 2025.
  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree, no

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,808 ✭✭✭✭✭

    no

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Definitely not authentic.... Points mentioned above..... Cheers, RickO

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