Fake 1851 Dollar

I had a coin given to me.

It's more or less like this, it has an Indian head on it, I messed with an image of an Indian head cent in photoshop and it looks just like it. Minus the erosion, some black areas.



The other side is like this http://www.coinfacts.com/gold_dollars/1851_gold_dollar_rev.jpg
However the sides aren't the same they are dots, and the font is different.

I'm pretty sure it's fake, but can someone clear it up for me.

Thanks in advance.

 

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Oh, it's real, worth $$MILLIONS just ask the LAPD...

 

Are you a friend of mali's by any chance?

 

Mali?

Thought it was fake

 

Come on guys---I don't think this is Mali---
Sir--could you get photos of both sides?

Speedy

 

Here is a reference which might shed sone light on it. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-coins13oct13,0,2577745.story And another, http://www.cointalk.org/search.php?searchid=242450

Ben

 

Thanks... I'm still confused though.

I don't dabble with American coins at all.

The other wide of the coin is more or less identical to the image I gave, the thistle is different though, and there are some small changes.

 

FAKE

Ben

 

Thanks. Close the thread if you please.

 

Kaioshin,
Sorry,I was just making a joke because another guy recently posted a coin just like yours and I wondered if they came from the same place.Here is the thread.
http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=18272

 

Cool... It's identical to te one Mali posted, there must be quite a lot of these coins circulating.

Thanks again.