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What does it weigh? Might be struck on Thai 10 5 1 baht.

No one has suggested that you weigh it? Weigh it. You can wrap a quarter in some cheap cardboard and tone it. Like this one I did by accident. The color alone doesn't mean anything.

The Chinese fake literally everything these days. I just went to "that website", and yup, 1906 fake cent for sale, $1.17, free shipping. So, "why would they" doesn't apply. People have been plating coins forever. That's still my first guess. There seem to be bubbles all over the reverse.

That's a mouthful. There is a 1906 cent struck on a dime planchet, but that wouldn't be magnetic, and the design would be closer to the rim. The US made a lot of coins for foreign countries but I can't think of any that were steel in 1906. I'd have to guess it's either plated or fake.

I'll give them credit for being consistent and persistent.

I think you're missing the most important mint errors. The misplaced giant T, the Arabic U, and the famous "comet in forehead".

No offense but I think the thought process here goes something like this: 1. I saw a 1942 cent struck on an Ecuador 10 centavos planchet in a "get rich from pocket change" video. 2. I have a 1942 cent! Something looks weird on it. 3. Conclusion - I have a 1942 cent struck on an Ecuador 10 centavos! There is no "headdress" or "palm trees" on the 10 centavos and it has a plain edge, so I don't know where that's coming from.

I wonder if it depends on the coin series. Heritage images prior to 2006 or so are pretty bad. Lighting aside, HA images seem to have better resolution than GC for most of the coins I look at. I don't know which one more accurately depicts the coin in hand. Below is HA left and GC right for a random recent MS63 1901 dime.

I have used Heritage to purchase one coin (my profile image). I've never looked into selling anything there (because I've never sold anything). I am on there several times a day - it is an invaluable tool for research, in my opinion. I don't know of any other site with so many images of coins (like, 2.5 million of them). I figure my one purchase's BP covered me for the many years I've used them for free.

Looking up "pareidolia" is free.

Hahaha, gawd. After all that, it's a $2.50 Chinese counterfeit put in a $1.99 case (https://whitman.com/frosty-case-2x3-peace-dollar/).

Looks like it's been stuck to, not struck through. Packing tape, duct tape... And isn't it plated?

I think it's beyond anyone helping you on here, but... dude, come on. I see a couple 8's, a boat, some aliens, Texas, and Jesus. But that doesn't mean any of that was minted on the coin.

Those aren't die clashes. They're coin clashes, with a hammer. You want to buy some? I'll go in my garage and be right back.

Now there's two S's, a big one and a small one. I wouldn't waste any more brain cells on this - no one is ever going to certify it as 1894-S.

It's just a couple of scratches. I can see about six other S's on that reverse if I try hard enough.

Uh, no.

Matchbox cars. I want to see slabbed Matchbox cars.

There's a whole website dedicated to them - https://www.traildies.com/. They seem to be a real thing, whatever causes them. In this case I think it's just linear plating bubbles.

Wait, you get paid?

Not to rub your nose in it, but I don't think it's a particularly good fake. Your images are excellent, and you should use them to zoom in and compare with real coins. This is a multiple-thousand dollar coin if real. You can't escape the observation that the high points expose base metal, or the evident plating bubbles everywhere. Aside from that, look at the details. If you remain convinced, submit it for grading. Meanwhile, I would track down the seller...

The internet is amazing. Here is the obituary for Edward Bringhurst Jr., born 1835, died April 3, 1912. He was a prominent lifelong resident of Wilmington, DE. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9248064/death-of-edward-bringhurst-jr/ He was descended from Elizabeth Shipley. His great-uncle Joseph Shipley, built the Rockwood mansion ( built 1851-1854), and passed to Edward in 1891. The mansion then passed to the daughter Mary listed on this "love token", and eventually passed to New Castle County. The Rockwood estate is now a museum and park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwood_Museum_and_Park @realone, if you didn't know all this already, I can imagine that the museum would very much like to acquire this piece.

You're welcome!

I don't know anything about these but by comparing images, it doesn't look right to me. Among many other things, it looks like plating has rubbed off high points on the reverse, there seem to be plating bubbles everywhere, and the shaft between the arrowheads is almost completely missing.

People also do the "pocket piece" thing on details coins, to remove evidence of cleaning etc, via "accelerated circulation wear". Whatever floats their boat I guess.