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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;aubade21, post: 2200973, member: 44104&quot;]Hi all-</p><p>So not to go into too much detail, but I have a family member that inherited some collectables. Mostly stamps but a few coins, both silver and gold. From what I understand, the original owner was fairly well to do, and enjoyed his hobbies for many years, never selling any part of his collection. The family member that inherited these collectables is neither interested in the hobby nor knowledgeable about how to sell. So I asked him to take some pictures of what he has and send them along to me. Most of the coins were fairly common, a lot of junk silver, tokens, and a few gold pieces. However, the original owner told the current owner that he had one “very valuable” gold coin and to take care of it. Then, this picture, that was among several dozen others landed on my inbox. Please don’t get mad at me for the quality, I didn’t take it. In fact, with this picture, you know what I do. Of course, I’ll recommend he take it out of the envelope(!) that it’s currently housed in, and getting it slabbed. But I wanted to run it by this forum to see if there are any obvious indicators that it’s not authentic. I’ll ask for more pictures later, and if it looks good, I’ll go up there and weigh it, but I don’t collect gold, so I hoped to get some feedback from those that are more knowledgeable.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p742/quixote21/IMG_1690_zpsvm0dmfr4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p742/quixote21/IMG_1694_zpssmeooi9d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Another set of coins-</p><p><img src="http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p742/quixote21/IMG_1691_zpsab5hokxr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p742/quixote21/IMG_1692_zps4iukk4vh.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>I realized this is not a lot to go on, and I hate sounding like a noob on this forum, but I don&#039;t have a lot more than a conversation and these pictures to go off. It would be great for him if they are real. I just don&#039;t want him to walk into a pawn shop and sell them for pennies on the dollar (which he as considering).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Any help regarding obvious problems regarding authenticity are most welcome![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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