GoldBear150

On 9/27/2021 at 2:21 PM, JKK said:

It gets screwy after about 1947 when they switch directions, so one must always be alert for that. 

Definitely going to be on alert when i come across this Coin again one day. Going to keep this one for my collection due to it's history.

On 9/27/2021 at 1:55 PM, JKK said:

You're right. Taisho Year 3, circa 1914, Y#38 in Krause, presuming authenticity. Here is a good place for dating modern Japanese coins.

Thank you JKK. The website is very useful identify dating on Japanese coins thank you.

On 9/27/2021 at 12:56 PM, Woods020 said:

I think it is 1914 also, but I am far from fluent in Japanese. Appears to be year three of Taisho

I'm comparing pictures on NGC website. I might be wrong or right woods.

On 9/27/2021 at 12:29 PM, James Zyskowski said:

Isn’t there a translation google or something. Sorry I’m old and don’t use correct terms. I know I have been on a thread where someone translated. Try google. 

Is it a Taisho 1914? James?

On 9/27/2021 at 12:29 PM, James Zyskowski said:

Isn’t there a translation google or something. Sorry I’m old and don’t use correct terms. I know I have been on a thread where someone translated. Try google. 

I'm currently figuring out the symbols in google. but translations i will try that as well. Thank you James.

I have a Japan one Yen Silver Coin. I cannot figure out the year of the letters on the obverse of the coin. any help would be appreciated it.

Thank you.

Awesome you got your half dollar nice grade.

Thank you guys for taking a look at it and giving your thoughts on it.

Thank you Greenstang and JKK for looking at this half-cent going into my fake coin album.

This is my first half-cent that i come across. The "L" is  a little bit off when i researched and compare with other pictures on my, red book and NGC Coin explorer.

Is the half cent genuine or non-genuine?

I will do my best JKK. My father introduced me to the hobby it a 1oz silver kookaburra and a silver eagle. I understand that counterfeiters are really good at making fake merchandise been seeing that around in the 2000s and till present day from working at my father's business career. I had one customer brought in a fake Morgan dollar that was graded Ms-63 and it turn out to be fake after we did some research and ask a couple of friends we know. Nonetheless i appreciate it.

5 minutes ago, JKK said:

The thought is courteous and the logic is understandable, but here's the reason for going ahead and creating more threads.

If there are five coins in this thread, for example, someone making an observation must specify which of the five one refers to. When there are only twelve posts, that's no big deal. If there come to be forty--and that is more likely with multiple coins, since there's more to talk about--one has to root through all those posts just to catch up on the past discussion and be most relevant. Not sure about anyone else, but I typically won't do that. I might not be the only one. That works against the basic goal of obtaining help; no bueno for you.

So while we understand a poster means well by not wanting to create a bunch of different threads, on this forum it really is okay to post one coin per thread--even if it seems counter-intuitive and like that would be annoying (on some forums it would be). We read it, discuss, answer if we can, at some point an answer is had, discussion ebbs, and that one slips down the list unless someone zombifies it (usually after a search for something similar).

For example, your half cent is brutally cleaned with serious damage (sorry to say; I love half cents). Which half cent? you might ask. I'd then have to scroll up, find the photo, and say which one (the 1829 in this case). What if there were two 1829s in the thread? Then I'd have to try and say which. Does that help clarify?

Thank you JKK i understand it now, I will do that from now on. i will create each coin from there own separate thread. One question JKK do you guys recommend a book for beginners watching out for counterfeits? I'm still new to the hobby and i have blue and red books 2020.

I apologize Greenstang. I thought i could put the other pictures in here because i do not want to create more threads on the board.

Sorry for the pictures being side-ways. Well another coin into my fake coins album. I have some other coins that i have a hard time as well going over. I will post it here because it's my first time seeing them.

After looking the penny's Mint-mark is a little close to the number 9. I'm having a hard time if the penny is real or fake.

I weight the penny on my scale and it turned out to be 3.1g.

Any insight would help i appreciated it.

I weight the coin on my scale. 25.2g.

Yes 40% is what i expected for this.The customer went to another coin dealer to have it checked out. They did the test and it came out 90% as well after the test they were hesitant of taking it in.

This Coin came to my shop a few days back and i tested it with a sigma metalytics verifier. I have it run at 90% percent Because the customer told me it's 90%. and it passed which surprised me a bit. I searched on my red book for more information and only i come across is clad Eisenhower dollars.

$20.00 Lesson learned. This one caught me off guard because of the weight. Going to keep this coin in my fake coin album so i do not make a mistake like this again.

I put two nickles on my scale.

It weights 9.9g.

I try the magnet test and a sigma metalytics machine. First the magnet did not pick up the morgan.Second the machine verified it is silver.

I have a scale to weight it.

It weights:18.2g

This Morgan dollar weights very light when i picked it up. I try comparing with my other Morgan dollars for reference. here some pictures front and back of the dollar.

You're right. thank you i cutler I had my doubts when looking over this coin of being a replica.