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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mackat, post: 2796242, member: 45768&quot;]Hi!</p><p><br /></p><p>I bid on these two coins the other day on eBay, and got them for quite a bit under what melt would be if they are real, which further aroused my suspicions that one or both are not.</p><p><br /></p><p>One is an 1894-H Guatemalan peso, and the other is a 1903-S Philippines peso. They both weight 25 grams, which is correct for the Guatemalan peso but not for the Philippine peso, which should weigh 26.9568g. Now, there is a pretty large gouge in the edge, but something makes me doubt that that accounts for it being almost 2 grams under normal (however the kitchen scale I am using is imprecise, so it&#039;s possible that it&#039;s on the higher end of 25 grams).</p><p><br /></p><p>The only other thing that makes me question this that the rims look a bit odd in some places, like there&#039;s a gap that then goes away. You can see this by the word &quot;Republica&quot; on the Guatamalan peso and by &quot;United&quot; on the Philippine one.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What do you guys think?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/hekSH4n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/286UWeq.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/LaQUCAc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/9ZUKpru.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/omrnoze.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/nabFERv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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