Whats going on with this gold $2.50?

Is it real or not? Whats with the dark areas?

 

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Looks fake to me. The color is off; it does not look 90% gold. Details are mushy. Stars are misshapened. And I also see what look like tool marks at some of the denticles (Obverse: 3:30 & 9:00). The spaces denticles between the denticles are filled in many places.

 

I agree with Hobo. I think the gold plating is wearing off at the high points, revealing the base metal underneath.

 

I'm thinking fake as well. What gets me is that it weighs 4.16 grams.

 

Large pic.

 

Any speculation as to the metal underneath? I've seen a plated sovereign with a platinum core, wouldn't it be nice to find a similar quarter eagle?

 

I cant get past the weight of the coin.
What base could you coat and still be at .02 grams from an MS coin.
I know I post some weird stuff but it's just an open question from 30 years back. I started to clean it up 20 years ago but decided to let it be.
It would actually be really cool if it were a fake. If it turned out to be contemporary ,even better.

 

Are you assuming the coin is the correct diameter and thickness or have you measured it? The counterfeiter could have used a base metal (lighter than 90% gold) and made the coin slightly larger than a genuine example and produce a coin that is almost dead on for weight.

 

At this point I'm almost sure it's real but messed with.
Sounds strange but I wanted it to be a copy.
Thanks everyone.

 

The color in the hair seems to be a natural lightly toned gold color. The rest seems to have some funky cleaning/weird toning to it. From the specs, and my observations...it seems to be real.

 

bet my half on it too. there is this new mohur i am trying to buy and i am short on cash

 

boy, it sure looks hinkey

 

I don't gamble with folks wearing dark glasses
If the black areas in the image were gone would it look real?
I know it's a weird coin but thats what I do.

 

Something just is not right with that coin. Gold doesn't tarnish. Does it?? I don't own enough to know if it does or does not. Anyways a fake in my book.

 

Cant you do a specific gravity (density) test? Arent they 90% gold? Should be simple to figure out if its real or not.
But on looks I would say fake fake fake...

 

90% gold coins are 10% copper. The copper in gold coins can tone or tarnish.

 

Something about that eagle just doesn't sit well with me.....

 

Well I do not live close to a coin dealer and if it were my coin I would take in to a jeweler friend of mine. Sure looks like some type of gold plated metal to me but I am far from an expert and paranoid about everything.dd:

I have read somewhere that gold can have a different color depending on the type of gold it is and where it was minded

 

I thought someone might point to something other than color that shows it's fake.