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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 579205, member: 15445&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I called it suspect &amp; bought it. The more I look at it, the more I’m leaning towards real.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I purchased this coin a couple days ago for $8.50. It is a low cost Chinese silver coin but that doesn’t mean it’s real or fake. Can some of you experts tell me why you think it might be real or why you think it might be fake? I will tell you what I see with the coin in-hand. </font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">It looks like a die struck coin and has luster in all the fields. </font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">It doesn’t appear (to me) to have any pimples or tooling marks. </font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">It rings. It really rings <u>loudly</u> like it has much stress in it. </font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">It weighs 13.24 grams. </font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">It feels &amp; looks more like silver (to me) compared to all the known alloy China counterfeits I have held beside it. </font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The denticles are weak on one side &amp; strong 180 degrees on the other side. </font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Also the reeding is strong on one side &amp; weak 180 degrees on the other side. </font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I’m not familiar with the Chinese government’s coining process in 1932. The inconsistent denticles &amp; reeding &amp; perimeter wear pattern would be odd for a US coin. However, the odd wear at the perimeter might not be wear. It might be some original planchet surface caused by a slightly tapered planchet or non-parallel dies. I imagine that this could cause the weakly struck planchet that you see on one side of the coin. Krause lists it in UNC for only $15 and $10 in XF. I paid $8.50 &amp; identified it as a 1932 Yunnan 50-cent silver in AU/UNC.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Do you think it is real or fake?</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Very best regards,</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Collect89</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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