Australia (New South Wales) 1813 Dump - I'm assuming this is counterfeit. Tell me what you think.

Looks too nice to be genuine/original. Tell me if you think otherwise.



Diameter: 19.5 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 5.0 grams

Thanks!

 

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Looks like a fake to me. Just the look of it is wrong and all of the lettering and design is too thin. Also, comparing examples on HA they are much different looking.

 

Definitely a modern reproduction. Compare to the Heritage listings here. Yours would be MS-64 and worth a hundred thousand dollars, easily, if genuine: https://coins.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?Nty=1&Ntt=1813+dump&N=790+231+51&ic10=ArchiveTab-071515

Unfortunately, yours looks more like a museum souvenir shop repro.

 

Yeah, that was my thought process:

1) Oh, if this coin was real, in this condition it would be worth a TON of money
2) The chances of finding a coin like that in the group of coins surrounding it (a bunch of cheap low grade stuff) is extremely unlikely
3) The font looks like store tokens from the 60's-80's and doesn't look like the original versions I found in a cursory Google search.

So, yep, I agree with both of you so far. Just wanted to share and get some more info/opinions Thanks!