Guest Stujoe Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 From the other thread about coin banging. Do you have a pic of that Canadian half? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Larger Pic: http://www.stujoe.com/images/1870/1870ol.jpg Larger Pic: http://www.stujoe.com/images/1870/1870rl.jpg To me, it doesn't look like or ring like silver and the design doesn't look like it is right to me either. Surfaces also look very odd as does the corrosion. It looks more like lead than silver but is not that soft. If this was a US coin I was familiar with and it looked like this to me, I would say 100% fake. As it is, I always say 99%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Dutchman Of The Lost Land Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 is their any casting or grinding marks on the edge??? looks like a fake to me as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostDutchman Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 whoops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 is their any casting or grinding marks on the edge??? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Nothing unusual about the edge. It appears like a normal worn, reeded edge. No apparent seams or fooling around with that I can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostDutchman Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 look at either theobverse or reverse around the rim.....sometimes they put the seam on the rim... does it sound different when you drop it?? it sure looks like pot metal or lead to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 If it is there, I sure can't see it or it is worn down so much as to be unrecognizable to me under 5 or 16 power. Granted, my study of fakes is extremely limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostDutchman Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 some of them are good......but all the cast fakes i have in my fake box have the same look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuldFartte Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I am NOT an expert here, but that thing looks cast to me. The surfaces are just too strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unicorn Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 The nut here, on uni's board; The coin should weigh 11.62 gm, composition .925 silver, .075 copper. It looks like a fake to me; Surefire bet is to drop it on a table or hard surface; If it doesn't have that hollow "chingy" sound, it's a fake; I also don't see "L.C.W." on the extreme bottom, right side of the queen's truncation(there are 2, 1 with, 1 without, without is the expensive one); If it was real, it list at $1100.00 Canadian in the 2006 Charlton catalogue; Looks like pot metal, but try the drop test, and if you're still not sure, take it to someone who has a digital scale (jeweller...)If you were here, I could weigh it for you. Interesting to find out. Franz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Thanks for the info, Franz. I am thinking some kind of pot metal too. I will have to weigh it one of these days. No way it is .925 silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Thanks for the info, Franz. I am thinking some kind of pot metal too. I will have to weigh it one of these days. No way it is .925 silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I'm thinking lead, and contemporary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Most Canadian contemprary counterfeits I've seen are lead Victorian quarters, so this one's kind of neat being a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dewsius the nut Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 I haven't seen any counterfeit Canadian 50 cents as of yet, lots of quarters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coinsnpaper Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 The coin looks like a lead copy, made by casting (all the pock marks are evidence).There is some evidence of silvering being applied , still surviving around the edges. I have seen other 50 cents made in this style from Edward VII, George V, and a few George VI, up to and including 1947. I have seen quarters from every monarch from Victoria to Elizabeth II, with the latest date that I have seen being 1957. This one my mother received in change from a drug store. They don't look too bad when the silver is applied, but the surface gives them away. These were made for circulation, not to fool collectors. A half dollar would buy a meal for 2 back in the 1920's, so it was a fair amount of money. The loonie was counterfeited about 1988 or 1989, some in Calgary, and some further East. The US dollar coins (Susan B's) are being counterfeited for or in Ecuador, as they are used there. There is a growing problem with counterfeit Euro coins, and in Malaysia, South Africa, and other countries. All of these are made just for circulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Welcome aboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 I'm voting lead or potmetal copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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