1873 cc trade dollar bought from afghanistan

ok first hello, so i just checked to see if this coin i got from Afghanistan very cheap but from an antique store is how much worthed... guess i was shocked.. BUT, is it real or fake?

so before everything else, does a 1873 cc trade dollar suppose to attract magnet or not? sorry i am nub? Hope you guys help me out in this topic...

thanks allot! it says 420grains 900 fine, and from what i compared to other pictures, it looks pretty good to me, but its just the question with the magnet thing..should it or should it not!

thanks a thousand , hope u guyz are helpful cuz this is my first post so make me feel good plz

 

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We need pictures to assist you.

 

Well, in this case pictures are not required to assist, since trade dollar composition is silver and copper, and both are non magnetic (which means yours is a fake, awesome247, if it attracts magnet).

If possible, pictures would still be appreciated, for educational purposes.

 

Awesome247, there was an article in the WSJ a couple of months ago about how many servicemen were buying fake coins in Afghanistan. I know how many fakes there are, I was in the Gulf war in 1990/91. I saw tons of gold and silver coins from around the world faked and for sale to servicemen at markets. They have been faking coins in this ares of the world for hundreds of years, not they just have access to decent quality fakes cheap from China.

 

you shouldn't even need a magnet to tell if a coin is silver.

 

Welcome to the forum!


Don't buy any gemstones from native street sellers, pretending they don't know their value, there either, 97% are synthetic or not as claimed ( from another forum)

Jim

 

If your Trade Dollar is attracted to a magnet you don't need to check anything else. It is a fake.

 

It sounds like you're saying it attracts a magnet. Any silver US coin should not attract a magnet. Fake

 

An interesting point I would like to bring up.
A special run on aljazeera several months ago, brought out the point that resistance groups our troops are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan raise about 1.5 billion per year from counterfeiting items and selling them to foreigners or our troops. An alqaida leitunant from Afghanistan claimed that 30-40% of fakes sold to our troops on bases or outside bases directly funds them.
Aka our troops are buying the roadside bombs and bullets shot at them.
This is madness please spread the word to fellow troops.
The best to you and may god look over you during your tour.

 

Obvious troll is obvious......

 

generally silver ore DOES NOT ATTRACT A MAGNET.. UNLESS CUT WITH A ORE THAT DOES.. I&E most likely counterfeit.. but get yourself a silver test kit..

 

In what way is this "trolling"?

 

Well if awesome is a native English speaker who obviously knows that the coin is question is a fake and posted only to invoke a response and potential argument, that would make him a troll.

Although if he had intended on being a troll, he didn't do a good job. An angry reply saying how wrong we are should have been added. I don't think this person was trolling; it sounds like a legit question.

 

I never heard of 90% silver being alloyed with something like iron, certainly not for US coins, silver only is combined with copper ( except in the case of war nickels).