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<p>[QUOTE="coincidental, post: 2897420, member: 90860"]Hello! I've come for advice on my American coins. I'm fairly new to coins and I'm beginning to get a picture of the coin world and inevitably the fake or real problem is kicking in. So this particular one is a batch of what seem like good American coins the best possibly being these 5 cent buffalo's... That is if they are real!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]697176[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]697179[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]697182[/ATTACH] </p><p>Hopefully that's good enough to see... So three are with D mint marks so are better as such. Weights are 4.935 up to 5.036 I assume this is within the limits? They have the correct dimeter and thickness is close 1.80mm - 1.90mm though I'm not which parts are best to measure maybe edges again is this an ok tolerance? And there's definitely nickel present though not sure if that test was necessary <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> . </p><p>So I'm now thinking are they real. Any input would be great thanks!</p><p>One more photo : </p><p>[ATTACH=full]697193[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="coincidental, post: 2897420, member: 90860"]Hello! I've come for advice on my American coins. I'm fairly new to coins and I'm beginning to get a picture of the coin world and inevitably the fake or real problem is kicking in. So this particular one is a batch of what seem like good American coins the best possibly being these 5 cent buffalo's... That is if they are real! [ATTACH=full]697176[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]697179[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]697182[/ATTACH] Hopefully that's good enough to see... So three are with D mint marks so are better as such. Weights are 4.935 up to 5.036 I assume this is within the limits? They have the correct dimeter and thickness is close 1.80mm - 1.90mm though I'm not which parts are best to measure maybe edges again is this an ok tolerance? And there's definitely nickel present though not sure if that test was necessary :) . So I'm now thinking are they real. Any input would be great thanks! One more photo : [ATTACH=full]697193[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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