Authentic gold coin?

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SpecGotCoins
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  • skier07
    skier07 Posts: 4,833 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It looks off but your pictures are making it very difficult to tell

  • SpecGotCoins
    SpecGotCoins Posts: 213 ✭✭
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    How can you tell? Sorry I'm rushing. This guy wants 5o sell now

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  • SpecGotCoins
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    @ifthevamzarockin

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  • ifthevamzarockin
    ifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,915 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @SpecGotCoins "This guy wants 5o sell now"

    Who is trying to sell and what is the price?

  • AUandAG
    AUandAG Posts: 25,050 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    details are mushy, nose is wrong profile. Fakie is my take.
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  • SpecGotCoins
    SpecGotCoins Posts: 213 ✭✭
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    @ifthevamzarockin random dude, cheap

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  • skier07
    skier07 Posts: 4,833 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Don’t buy it. It may be fake and you can buy a real one in a slab for a few dollars more.

  • ifthevamzarockin
    ifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,915 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    "random dude, cheap"

    Keep in mind there is no Santa Clause in numismatics. ;)
    Use a little common sense. ;)

    Have you checked the mintage of the coin?
    Have you checked the price guide?

  • SpecGotCoins
    SpecGotCoins Posts: 213 ✭✭
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    Whaaaat

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  • SpecGotCoins
    SpecGotCoins Posts: 213 ✭✭
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    Y'all sure?

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  • ifthevamzarockin
    ifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,915 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    So what is the price?

  • FlyingAl
    FlyingAl Posts: 4,470 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @SpecGotCoins said:
    @ifthevamzarockin random dude, cheap

    That's the biggest red flag when it comes to numismatics. Coins are never much cheaper than price guides or recent sales, and if they are there will almost always be quite a few more for sale at the same price or close to it. But usually, the recent sales follow this closely and you can sort low prices from a mile away and stay that mile away.

    Also, I think the coin is a counterfeit.

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  • ifthevamzarockin
    ifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,915 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Seems like a great chance to pay some numismatic tuition, you will learn a lot.

  • slider23
    slider23 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭✭
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    Pass- The coin has a poor strike on the reverse and stars on obverse look strange. If you are being offered the coin below melt, there is a reason.

  • BillJones
    BillJones Posts: 35,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It might contain gold, but I'm pretty sure it was not made at the Philadelphia Mint.

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  • rokky
    rokky Posts: 308 ✭✭✭✭
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    The lettering in TWENTY DOLLARS looks really off to me. Fat and mushy. I’d stay away, especially with him pressing you to buy.

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Various anomolies...unslabbed...cheap price...guy wants to sell fast.

    As they say, more red flags than a May Day parade in North Korea.

  • FredWeinberg
    FredWeinberg Posts: 6,039 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    _ It’s counterfeit_

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  • 291fifth
    291fifth Posts: 25,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It screams fake and you should not be considering the purchase of unslabbed gold.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,751 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The pics are bad but they are good enough to tell it's a crudely made counterfeit. With the mushy details, it's either cast or struck from cast dies.

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  • golden
    golden Posts: 10,535 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Bad to the bone.

  • coinbuf
    coinbuf Posts: 12,567 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Maybe you should find a different hobby, coin collecting is costing you a lot of money.

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  • matt_dac
    matt_dac Posts: 963 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Don’t buy raw gold or key coins, by them slabbed as a means of insurance.

    In a hurry to sell screams a whole lot of red flags. Not interested at any price.

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,046 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Random dude, cheap.

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  • Cranium_Basher73
    Cranium_Basher73 Posts: 3,826 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I bet the appraisal process would go like this....
    https://youtu.be/IB2J28H2vTk

    Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Looks like a fake to me... several points specified above I agree with. Cheers, RickO

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