5 Francs 1939 purchasing, Please help establish if geniuine

i have a worldwide small colecttion of coins with i enhareteed , and since i have becomed very atracteed to colectting and wanted to keep my fathers passion alive since he passed away! The 5 Francs Nikel one is the only thing missing from his 1920-1950 France colettion!

 

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it looks authentic. I am guessing it is aluminum bronze. because of the dings and scratches I am guessing because of the aluminum is just a softer metal

 

Im comunicating with teh seller while im posting here, he invited me at his hous to see teh coin and he said its atracted to magnet so it cant be Aluminium!

 

the aluminum-bronze KM#888a.1
mintage- 10,144,000
grade/vale
F-$2.50 VF-$5.00 XF-$12.00 UNC-$30.00 BU-$60.00
your coin grade looks XF.

 

I would bring a magnet to test it yourself just to be sure.

 

does it have to be the 1939 date for this type coin ?
the 1933, 1935, 1937, and 1938 are way cheaper in the nickel version.

 

yes aperantly only the 1939 is Scarce
Im taking a neodyum with me, what would your guys conclussion would be? if it stiks to magnet, weight is good diamter is good should i buy it?

 

sounds like a lot of money on coin you are not complete sure it is real. I would not get it. to much of a gamble for that much money.

 

Yes i know its a big gamble but it would be a important thing for the colecttion witch wouldmean a lott to me
Never had so much dificulty in identifying a coin before like with this 5 Francs coin
Hopeed sombody will know better than me

 

here is a Ebay link for a 1939 aluminum-bronze coin. link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Third-Repub...0591541?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item4ad32e1135
does your coin have to be Nickel or can it be aluminum-bronze ?

 

The 1939 Nikel is missing i have all the years and denominations in the mentioned period including the aluminum bronze ones!

 

this Ebay seller has many of these 1939 5 francs coins some are Nickel and some are aluminum-bronze. ask him which ones are nickel. good prices...seems way to low though.... ebay link: http://stores.ebay.com/Le-Comptoir-...submit=Search&_fsub=2552072014&_sid=181215034

 

does Cupro-Aluminium mean = Nickel ???

 

No that is the other one witch has cheap prices!
Couper and aluminum alloy i allready have those!

 

On eBay there are several examples for a lot less money. You're not sure about it so better to be safe then sorry. The ones on eBay are cheap enough that even if fake would be very little money. If I were you I'd walk away. Heck, for the amount of money he wants, I would pass because of the rim damage.

 

ok because he list his other coins as aluminum-bronze

 

with the rim damage should bring the price down....not sure how much is fair ?

 

i allready have a replica of the coin, my father always wanted this piece so if is there a 70% + chance of being real the 200 euro would mean nothing thinking i have acomplished something that my father did not got to due and would mean much more to me than the 200 euro
Hope you guys understand what i mean

 

Hi. All we need now is the accurate weight. Don't miss that the coin had some wear and it must have lost many centigrams. Then we need you to test the coin with the magnet yourself. Don't worry.. and take it easy . Good luck again.
Charles

 

we do know how much it means to you. we just do not want you to be suprized if it is not real/authentic. we do NOT want you to be taken advantage of.