I can't see anything that makes me think they are fakes. But the pictures are not the best either. Have you weighed the coins ?
Those are replicas. They're stamped. Does anyone counterfeit peace dollars for the purpose of passing them off as real?
The majority of those replicas are coming from China, and a majority of them are not stamped "replica" or "copy".
Sorry about the quality of the pictures. No, I haven't weighed them. I am not a collector, and i don't know much about determining the validity of coins. I've had the coins for several years. I got them from some older family members. Any suggestions are welcomed.
Because many of the eBay sellers from China selling replica Peace dollars, also sell replica Morgan dollars. I've bought around 5 replica Morgan dollars on eBay, all from China, all from different sellers, and all 5 came without anything stamped on them.
The real one are 26.73 grams in weight and will not be attracted to a magnet. And also be 38.1 mm in diameter.
You can always buy certified coins, the top two companies are NGC and PCGS. There are auction sites like Heritage and Teletrade that are highly respected and sell slabbed coins. As for your coins, it is a little hard to tell from the pics, but they look genuine. If you don't have a good scale available, you can bring them to a coin shop in your area, they'll be able to tell you if they're authentic.
I can't tell if they are legit or not, but both coins look like they have been cleaned or polished.......not good! Chris
They look real,and real clean,so their more for bullion than any numismatic value,unless their a rare die.
They're real, they're circulated and they're polished. It would be tough to get much of anything more than bullion value for them.
A 22 and a 26 are not worth the effort to fake. In fact I believe the street price of real ones is less than than the price of a new china fake from ebay Whatever, old family heirloom coins are not about $$ value anyway are they? I have some of my Dads common date dollars I take out once in a while just to savor the memories.
Weight and diameter are good indicators, But some Chinese fakes are so Good that you cant even tell (Scary!)
Right on. I have a 1922 Peace Dollar my grandmother left me from before I ever got started into coin collecting. Sometimes I look at it and just think. This thing was around in the roaring 20's, ragtime, jazz age. Times were great and the next war was years away. What a time to live in.
