help!!! old coins

Hi everyone , I need a help with these coins that i found.

are any of these coins real or fake. what do you think ?

I appreciate your help.

1) 1878 goloid metric 100 cent coin
2)1865 one dollar coin
3)1838 "am I not a man & and a brother coin

thnx ooh by the way first time on the forums

 

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Two fakes? & one token.

 

They all appear to be poorly made fakes. Heck, you can even see the word "COPY" in the bright pink area of the "token".

 

thanx for your opinions and i guess I'm going on a quest to find some real ones.

 

I wouldn't even say they're "fake," necessarily. I'd call them fantasy pieces. Particularly that 1865 Washington dollar...

 

1) Copy of a US pattern (J-1626 comes to mind, but I am probably as wrong as the coin)
2) Novelty/fantasy piece
3) Anti-slavery/abolitionist token knock off.

 

I'll hold on to these just for the fun of it and wow , what a way to start off a coin collection .This encourages me to
go out there and search for history . Thanx everyone

 

I would hold on to them and use them as your first test. Get a Redbook of US coins, learn a lot from CT here, and hopefully in 6 months or so you could post a reply to this thread stating WHY each of these items are fakes, and how you can tell.

Education is knowledge with collectibles, especially with coins.

Good luck!

Chris

 

I couldn't agree more with you medoraman, I'll buy a book and try to find out what makes these coins fake. I'll come back with details as soon as I find out. I thank everyone here for their answers, and inspirations to search for them.

 

1) Copy of a US pattern (J-1626 comes to mind, but I am probably as wrong as the coin)

Books you are right on it being a copy of J-1626 . This pattern was issued in 1879, not 1878.
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I stand corrected, It's actually a copy of US pattern J-1563 and J-1564 issued in 1878.

 

haha that "dollar"

 

Not too bad from memory though