I need your help. I bought some Australian Kookaburras, rounds, bars, and one 2003 Chinese Panda today from a small time dealer. I did the magnet test infront of the person selling them. I slide the magnet down the coins at a 45 degree angle and they slowly went down and I also did the ping test and they all sounded the same (I brought a Maple to hear the sounds). When I got home I did the ice test and they melted good. The only thing I didn't do was the acid test because all the Kookaburras are 1992 and the one panda is a 2003. I don't want to mess them up. The only thing that is getting me is the weight of them. My newer rounds, ASE, Maples etc... all weigh 31.1 grams and the Kookaburras weigh 31.6 grams. And the panda is coming in at 31.4g which is scaring me. Everything I read says the panda weighs exactly 1 troy oz. When I do research on fake 2003 pandas I can see pictures of the real and fake ones. My looks real but it's the weight that's getting me. If anyone can help me determine if my is real I would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the bad pictures. My phone doesn't take the best pictures.
normally a counterfeit chinese coin is a bit below. Since this one is a bit more perhaps it is your scale. Reset it and reweigh
Your scale rounds off the weight to the nearest .1 of a gram . So the little off it could be , could be in the scale . Could you take it to a jeweler to get weighed ?
Hello, In addition to the scale idea from the previous posts, check for these things: 1: is the font the same as a real one (compare it to a certified coin). Usually the font is different. 2: the outer ring is no exactly the same most of the time. I put your coin and a real one in photoshop and laid 1 on top of the other to check for any differences. The fonts on yours are so similar that I cannot see a difference between the 2 coins. If yours is fake, its a dang good one. look at the 2 in "2003" on your coin. Do you see the top end of the 2? The real coin has a rounded top end, but I cant see your coin end in the pic from the glare. If your 2 is flat and sharp at the top end, then it is probably fake. but so far to me it looks good. I think you have no worries. let us know when you find out. good luck. I uploaded an image so you can see what I checked.
wcoins. It's hard even trying to look at the first to. Nevermind trying to compare my against both of them.
I think it is real and one Oz is 31.1g so yours is just a wee bit heavy. It passed all the other tests so I vote real for now.
Is there any other test I could do without doing the acid test? I don't want to mess it because if it's real it's worth more than the $20 I paid for it.
