I have a few pics here from an ebay seller. I'm wondering if these coins look real. There's one that's a silver bullion round, the one with the merc dime design. I'm wondering if that looks like a troy oz. of .999 silver. I don't really think it does. My question to the seller: "Hi there. I see you are selling many U.S. coins. This one is a bullion round it seems, but some are not. Anyway, are these replicas? And what percentage is the silver content?" His response: "hi: item is silver . thank you " Also, he's from China, which is probably a red flag. Anyway, here are the pics: Just wondering if anybody has any ideas.
If they came out of china, they should be fakes. look at the so called mercury dime, FAKE....the dime states on the reverse 999. well....Stay away from these. Dean 295
The first 2 are definitely fake... That dime looks like one of those coasters that they sell at Cracker Barrel in the gift shop. The third one is not as obvious but knowing it's location... I'd say there is a very high probability that it's fake too.
The first is marked 999 fine silver - so it could be a silver round. What size is it & weight? The 3rd coin looks real. Cannot see the second very well.
This is the item description for the merc dime Bullion round. It's the size of a bullion round, and says .999 but I'm not really convinced it's really .999 fine. here's the description: "Region of origin: Chinese Original/Repro: Old Specifications: Diameter 4cm/ Thickness 0.3 cm (1cm=0.39 inch) Weight:28g Material : Silver/copper-nickel allay/zinc" Again, it's a bit fishy looking.
Well, a normal ounce has 28g. But again, even when I sent a message to the seller, he still dodged the silver content question: And what percentage is the silver content?" His response: "hi: item is silver . thank you " So I'm thinking it's not .999 fine, even though the round says so. It looks weird.
Absolutely true, I forget which minting company in the US made those but it was a legitamate company and those have/had real silver content .999. That said, the Chinitos have probably copied it so it truly is best to stay away from them. The bottom one looks fake but I don't know about the middle one.
Hello Lon Chaney, #1 Are these the kind of items you like to collect? #2 IMO, the items 2 & 3 are probably not real coins and I further speculate that none of the items are made of silver.
Yes, an normal ounce is 28g but metals are measured in troy ounces which work out to 31.1g. Not altogether sure why the two are different, thou...
Yeah, I've decided to stay away from these coins, I guess. They're listed under Ancient coins, so I figured maybe they were just mis-listed and could be legit. I realize that's probably not true. I just had hoped that the bids were low because of them being listed in the wrong spot, and maybe I've stumbled upon some hidden cheaper silver. Guess probably not. Here's the sellers items listing, most are Chinese coins (probably fake too, who knows): http://shop.ebay.com/ssddppmm_333888/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25 He also seems to sell underwear, FYI.
