These are very popular with the Chinese counterfeiters, so you're right to be suspicious. But I will say that I do not see any obvious red flags...
My guess as well.
Wow! Stunner, especially that reverse!
[ATTACH] Our Twelve Days of COINmas contest has continued on past Christmas and will run on into the new year. This will be Round 10 of 12....
Let Round 10 commence! :) [ATTACH] @BuffaloHunter gave to thee... A 1947-D Jefferson nickel, NGC certified MS66, with light toning [ATTACH]...
It is time for the Round 9 drawing. [ATTACH] Our lucky number was... 298. [ATTACH] And Post #298 was by... @Mr. Numismatist!...
Let's wrap up Round 9 in a moment, which will end my round and put @BuffaloHunter's three rounds on deck. He put up some nice stuff for Rounds 10...
Interesting piece. For once, I haven't a clue as to what that would've been used for. I've seen large cents made into gearlike tools, buzzer...
As I mentioned in the description, But maybe that's not 100% correct, either, since electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver....
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Norway and Russia share a little bit of border (I did not know this until I checked a map). So off to Russia we go. Russia (Soviet Union): 1924-...
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New Zealand again. [ATTACH] Kinda hard to see, but there’s a Māori warrior and kiwi bird on there… [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Back to Peru again. [ATTACH]
Scotland penny. Keep the crosses coming. [ATTACH]
Love it! I posted mine in the OP.
Lots of crosses on this Crusader coin from Cyprus (which I gave away as a Christmas gift to my oldest numismatic friend). [ATTACH]
From there, ‘tis but a short landward hop south to Chile. [ATTACH]
UNC details, cleaned. That means it would’ve been a $450+ coin without the cleaning. As-is? I think it’s a safe bet to extrapolate at least 50%...
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