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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1836717, member: 4626"]The fact it was sold for $5 proves nothing; the seller may have been unaware of the value or mistakenly believed it to be fake. The price the OP bought it for is neither here nor there in terms of whether or not it's genuine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the COIN not the PRICE TAG and make your determination from that. I see nothing that screams at being obviously fake, so if it's a fake, it's a good one. It may be worth sending to a TPG just to get an expert opinion, regardless of what that opinion turns out to be. At best you'll find out you got a great bargain; at worst you get a decent education in detecting fakes. Either way $5 + the grading fee sounds like an OK deal to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>(P.S. If it turns out to be a genuine 90% silver but still a fake minting, you still came out on top for $5 lol...)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1836717, member: 4626"]The fact it was sold for $5 proves nothing; the seller may have been unaware of the value or mistakenly believed it to be fake. The price the OP bought it for is neither here nor there in terms of whether or not it's genuine. Look at the COIN not the PRICE TAG and make your determination from that. I see nothing that screams at being obviously fake, so if it's a fake, it's a good one. It may be worth sending to a TPG just to get an expert opinion, regardless of what that opinion turns out to be. At best you'll find out you got a great bargain; at worst you get a decent education in detecting fakes. Either way $5 + the grading fee sounds like an OK deal to me. (P.S. If it turns out to be a genuine 90% silver but still a fake minting, you still came out on top for $5 lol...)[/QUOTE]
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