Counterfeit or Not?

[Effie-migration]

Can anyone identify this coin?

[skippy]

It's a fantasy piece - no such coin was ever minted by the US Mint.

[James_OldeTowne]

Welcome to our friendly little neighborhood! What you have isn't really a coin, but a token of some sort. Unfortunately, I'm not sure where you would go to research it.

[TomB]

It's rather handsome, but it's not a coin. If you could provide a reverse image and an idea of its size, since it might be as large as a coaster or as small as a cent, that would help quite a bit.

[gmarguli]

[relicsncoins]

Based on Greg's experience, send it to ICG, they will tell you what it is.

 

JJ

[WinstonWare]

It’s too fake to be a counterfeit, appears to have too much relief to be a coaster, I think it’s a chucky-cheese token .

[jtryka]

Looks to me like a 1-ounce silver round, but all scuffed up.

[123cents]

Looks like some kind of cast token.

[PerryHall]

What's the diameter? Might be a novelty paper weight.

[halfpint]

 

 

don't know what it is but welcome to the boards!!!

 

 

 

[rrantique]

Hi and Welcome to the forum

Just curious but why did you call this a 1851 silver dollar?

 

 

[Effie-migration]

Thanks for the welcome. Although the picture looks huge, the coin is actually the same size as the early silver dollars. I enlarged it so you could see the detail. Attached is the reverse side of the coin. I was going to send it to PCGS to have it evaluated. Based upon the feedback I've gotten, maybe I should just save my money.

[michael]

send this photo and your question to alan herbert at numismatic news weekly

 

you will get an answer

[RUSS BEGA]

Definatley. hes a great resource he is incredably knowledgable and loves to help i was able to meet him once at the denver ANA show.

[AegisIII]

It's one of em mass-produced Chinese trinkets, this one basically a complete fantasy.

[TomB]

Let me save you the time and money; it's not a coin and PCGS will not certify it.

[braddick]

Let me save you the time and money; it's not a coin and PCGS will not certify it.

 

But ICG will!

[Conder101]

It's a fantasy piece that shows up quite often. The first time I saw them (about 1985) they were actually made of silver and weighed one oz. In short they were a silver round with a fantasy dollar design. Since then they have been picked up by the Chinese counterfeiters and normally they are just base metal fakes now. I think the Chinese think they are counterfeiting a real US dollar coin.