5 Francs 1939 purchasing, Please help establish if geniuine

does this have to be bought today or can you wait longer for another coin to come up ?

 

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Thank you im gonna meet the seller in persson so that would help
Il measure it weight it, magnet test it and if everything clears buy it
I sent a few emails to some other experts and they said the coin looks authentic!
So i will take a chance if everything sems in order with it

 

This coin is so rare that i dont think anotehr one will ever be availble for sale in my country
ONly a few pices minted

 

go for it. dad would be happy.

 

Looks like a genuine nickel example to me, but I agree that the rim nicks make it such that I'm not sure I would want the coin in any case.

 

What would you think the coin would be worth as it is? i would also say XF except for the rim
I dont want to overpay even if its legit

 

Does the rim nicks makes you have doubts about authenticty or just value?

 

Value.. But please don't buy the coin before you tell us what is its accurate weight ?

 

I will meet with the seller tomorow
I will post from my phone the exact weight once i meet him!
Have also asked him to tell me the exact weight and waiting for an answer from him
He has no reassons to lie since he allready knows im bringging a jewlery precession scale with me!
He said it had 12 grams but his scale wassnt a decimal one and just showed grams no 0. so i will know tomorow when i meet him

 

Great..

 

In case nobody can replay to me in time what would the ideal weight would be?
Im thinking since it was 12 gr when striked it should be somwhere around 11.93- 11.99

 

It should be Plus or Minus 2 percent. That means between 11.76 g. and 12.24 g.
Charles

 

The aluminum bronze coin is a yellowish color. No one mentioned that that I noticed.

 

I see this coin you posted on eBay right now for $800. Considering the grade and bits of damage, I don't think it's a very good deal at all.
There are also good fakes out there, non-magnetic, but if buying from pictures alone you wouldn't know.
Like this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Superbe-5-F...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

We know it meens alot but if its not real or has damage thats why you father was a collector. Do you not have a reputabule coin shop that might help you?

 

Im not planning on selling teh coin have not even bought it yet
If anybody bids il close bidding before hw wins it
Ebay is well known for a place of colecttor and millions of coins sold every day, im thinking that colecttors and experts will ask me details to establish if its real or not, and that way i willl know more ways of testing it from them nd il be able to do so before paying it

 

Boyught teh coin earlier
Hopefully did not do a mistake

 

If all the other coins in this series that your dad gave you are nicer, you might want to continue looking for a better example of the 1939 with the idea that you can sell this coin latter to help pay for the nicer example if one is ever found. In any case, sounds like you may have inherited his passion for collecting coins, which is a great thing. Good for you on your purchase.

 

Thank you, i just hope the coin i just purchased is real!
It shows 12.09- 12.10 Grams on the scale, its 31mm in diameter,2 mm thick
I placed a high force neodyum magnet on top of this coin and a known sure nikel coin
The neodyum pulls both from the same distance

 

Few pics