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<p>[QUOTE="p91, post: 2877393, member: 6174"]Hey everyone, I recently received 3 "4 reales" coins from a person claiming his grandfather found them with a metal detector.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw the porousness, and was hoping they were dug/water salvaged coins - but upon opening the 1807 coin, and giving it a good ol' fashion flick in the air - its a 100% dull THUD , and the porousness leads me to believe these coins are cast? He also sold about a dozen other coins, of many types, all with the same look</p><p><br /></p><p>Can a ground, or sea salvaged coin have no audible ring to it??[ATTACH]688884[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688885[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688886[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688887[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688889[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688890[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688892[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688893[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As a reference, i've included two coins that I did not purchase, but were recently sold by him (there were several others, mostly Bust Halves, a couple mexico 8 reales)</p><p><br /></p><p>The variety and aged look to the coins leads me to believe perhaps they were ground-dug , or he collected contemporary fakes (which apparently is a thing)</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm stuck as to whether I should return these 4 reales coins, they just do not seem like silver from the sound and look.</p><p>Thanks so much for your help![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="p91, post: 2877393, member: 6174"]Hey everyone, I recently received 3 "4 reales" coins from a person claiming his grandfather found them with a metal detector. I saw the porousness, and was hoping they were dug/water salvaged coins - but upon opening the 1807 coin, and giving it a good ol' fashion flick in the air - its a 100% dull THUD , and the porousness leads me to believe these coins are cast? He also sold about a dozen other coins, of many types, all with the same look Can a ground, or sea salvaged coin have no audible ring to it??[ATTACH]688884[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688885[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688886[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688887[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688889[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688890[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688892[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]688893[/ATTACH] As a reference, i've included two coins that I did not purchase, but were recently sold by him (there were several others, mostly Bust Halves, a couple mexico 8 reales) The variety and aged look to the coins leads me to believe perhaps they were ground-dug , or he collected contemporary fakes (which apparently is a thing) I'm stuck as to whether I should return these 4 reales coins, they just do not seem like silver from the sound and look. Thanks so much for your help![/QUOTE]
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