Staci89 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 How to find out if it real or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powermad5000 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Hello and welcome to the forum! Without getting into too much detail as to not aid the counterfeiters make better fakes, pretty much everything I see in your photos is counterfeit, fake, or reproduction (whichever term applies to each coin), and none of them are very good fakes. Hopefully you did not purchase these, and also hopefully you or someone you know has not been holding on to them thinking they have some valuable coins. The Neophyte Numismatist and Sandon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenstang Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Welcome to the Chat Board As Powerad stated, everything is a replica and not very good ones either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 My fellow members are exceedingly polite. As one who attended the VKB School of Brutal Honesty, I am going to take the liberty of giving you an honest opinion. The coins may be real. Or maybe not. You wouldn't take an exam without studying for it first, right? Same with coins. The time to ask questions is before you buy and if you are not afforded that opportunity, you may just have to pass. Better to be safe than sorry. True, coins are a hobby, just as swimming is. But if you want to be a lifeguard, you must have experience. This goes for deep-sea diving and mountain climbing. After all, if you had no idea you needed to bring enough oxygen besides food, water, protective clothing, etc., you're not going to make it to the top of Everest. There is a reason why those sherpas get paid $75,000 to "guide" you to the top. IMNSHO. If it takes practice, practice, practice to make it to Carnegie Hall, in coin collecting, if you are serious, it takes a commitment to studying, reading, learning -- and asking questions ideally before you buy. All the best! 🐓 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandon Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Welcome to the NGC chat board. You can easily identify crude fakes like those shown in your posted image by learning what the genuine coins look like. There are photos of genuine U.S. coins coins of each type in standard coin guides such as the "Red Book" and high-resolution images of each issue on such online resources as the NGC Coin Explorer, Online Coin Catalog Search Page - Coin Explorer | NGC (ngccoin.com) and PCGS Coinfacts, https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts. For example, here are the NGC Coin Explorer images of a genuine 1795 Flowing Hair silver dollar, which looks quite different from the item in your plastic sheet: Please see the following forum topic for additional resources from which you can learn about U.S. coins and where you may obtain them: Henri Charriere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWB Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 The items pictured are all counterfeit coins and of no value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
