Face On Slight Oblique ~38.74mm; 27.3gm; RH spiral on pearl and O&R rubber band stain. Real, or a fake? Condition, if not counterfeit? Thanks!
Double Posted: My Bad! This should be deleted: I inadvertently double-posted this coin...I'm sorry. Is there a way for an OP to remove such a post? Thanks
Keep this 1 up since we can now see the pics of your coins. ok going to look up this coin up for you. hold on.
I located your coin in my Krause world coin catalog. Krause number: Y#28b.1 yr.8 (1875) trade dollar, ruler-Mutsuhito (Meiji) metal .900 silver values- Very Good-$250.00 Fine-$500.00 Very Fine-$1,100 Extra Fine-$1,600 or it could be Krause number Y#28b.2 same values I am no expert on these coins but if I had to guess it looks like an Extra Fine-About Uncirulated. looks like it was cleaned. probably net/get an Extra Fine grade/value. hard to tell if it is a fake ??? send it in to be graded by NGC or PCGS. if it's authentic then you have an incredible coin there. look at these high values. put this coin in a plastic airtite protector to keep it from getting scratched and protect it. let me know if you ever got it authenticated, thanks Craig.
Check the weight and see if it has any atraction to a magnet. The weight is supposed to be 27.2200 grams. This trade dollar is listed as Y14 in my PDF version of Krause. Where did you get these and the other pieces depicted in your other thread? You are going to want to visit this Website: http://www.coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=1681&main_ct_id=59
Japanese Trade Dollars; Meiji 3 Yen My scale only goes to .1 gram, so the weight looks reasonable at 27.3. I have a large magnet, which I got to imitate a friend who buys lots of silver & gold and uses one like this constantly; it is VERY strong! Provenance doesn't exclude counterfeit on any of the 3 coins under discussion, but if fake they're not current; the 2 Trade Dollars and the Meiji 3 Yen came from Japan with an uncle in 1952. I did indeed go to CoinQuest, and I am grateful for the link! I submitted the Meiji 3 for evaluation there just a few minutes ago. I'm intend to submit these 3 to a TPG, and I lean towards ANACS. Some folks advise using one of the other graders. I'd like to hear good reasons either way (to choose or to avoid any of them). These will be my first such submissions, and I would very much like to get it right. Thanks for your interest, all...
What are your plans for the coins after you have them graded by a TPG? Also, do you have 5 or 10 coins to submit at one time so that you might get a discount on the grading fees? I think the answers to these two questions might help you decide on the appropriate TPG. (If they were my coins, then I would not necessarily want them slabbed but I would want some assurance that they are real). Problem-free coins in PCGS & NGC holders might sell for more money than the same coin in an ANACS holder. ANACS might be the most economical choice to determine authenticity providing you have enough coins to meet their discount slabbing rate. Deciding on a TPG will be a multi-faceted question that you will need to answer. If you are a member of the ANA, then you can submit to NGC directly. Otherwise, you could submit to NGC through an authorized submitter. Check the Websites for PCGS, NGC & ANACS for their submission forms & terms.
I'm not an ANA member (yet) 1.robably be offered for sale, if genuine. 2.:No, not of quality sufficient to justify TPG, even with a discount. 3.:These don't appear to be 'problem-free coins', for cleaning issues as well as the gray stripes. 4.: This comment seems to indicate that submission does not necessarily result in slabbing; that an assurance of the genuine nature of the coin can be obtained without formal grading and/or encasement. Is that possible, or have I misunderstood? Thanks for your thoughtful reply...
