Trade Dollar Found in a Storage Unit

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  1. man2004

    man2004 Active Member

    The coin in the attached photos was found in a storage unit. It looks like a replica to me!
     

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  3. wcoins

    wcoins GEM-ber

    Not genuine.
     
  4. dwhiz

    dwhiz Collector Supporter

    Sure looks fake.
     
  5. man2004

    man2004 Active Member

    I’ll add three clues.
    1. The coin is light in hand.
    2. The rim is too wide.
    3. Wrong alignment - it lacks the “coin turn” - demonstrated in the last two photos.
     
  6. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    If the weight is wrong, that nails it. If it's correct, there were several die pairs used on these. If it's a fake, it's a nice one.
     
  7. Muzyck

    Muzyck Rabbits!

    That funky rim screams "fake!".
     
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  8. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    Don't think I have ever seen that look on a real one.
     
  9. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    The rim comparison is a giveaway.
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  10. Ozzman

    Ozzman Active Member

    These are brass and plated with a silver looking plating. Came from china. They are infesting our coin world with fake coins badly. I can see the brass on the surface from wear, unless your lighting is bad. Another sign is the dark graphite areas or rings around the surface of the coin to the outside. The Chinese rub these down with some kind of black material to make them look old. The weights are usually the dead giveaway when it comes to fakes. Although I have a few fake peace dollars that are in weight spec, they are fake. The better you train on identifying fakes and replicas, the smarter you will be and it may save you a lot of money sometime. Sorry...this screams replica.
     
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