DrDetector
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- Pittsburgh, PA
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- White's Spectrum XLT
Thought I had a killer find! But it's counterfeit :-(
I was at a park earlier Saturday and was walking down a dirt road. We have had a lot of rain here lately and there was still a lot of standing water. I noticed a puddle a few inches deep in the dirt road and saw a silver-colored rim somewhat visible at the bottom. I thought it was a piece of trash like a wrapper and bent down to pick it up. When I did, I noticed it was a coin, and a large one! It was dirty, as if the recent rain had just uncovered it. I rinsed it off in the puddle and to my surprise this is what was looking back at me!
As I flipped the coin over to check the reverse, I noticed that the coin was not oriented the correct way that U.S. coins typically are, in other words, when I flipped it over the reverse was upside down. It was oriented in the same way a medal or token usually is. Also the coin felt slightly light to the touch, but it sounded like silver and appeared to me at the time to be silver. Here is the reverse:
I called up my hunting buddy Halfdime and I stopped by his house (where I met the lovely Mrs. Halfdime and the Halfdime Pup)! We took it to a loupe and determined that it was a modern counterfeit. It only rang as a +79-80 on the XLT while a true silver dollar would be at least 90-91. I got it home and it weighs roughly 16.5 grams rather than the 26.5 grams that one of my 'test' Morgans weighed. That confirms it to me. Oh well, still a nice looking fake!
I was at a park earlier Saturday and was walking down a dirt road. We have had a lot of rain here lately and there was still a lot of standing water. I noticed a puddle a few inches deep in the dirt road and saw a silver-colored rim somewhat visible at the bottom. I thought it was a piece of trash like a wrapper and bent down to pick it up. When I did, I noticed it was a coin, and a large one! It was dirty, as if the recent rain had just uncovered it. I rinsed it off in the puddle and to my surprise this is what was looking back at me!
As I flipped the coin over to check the reverse, I noticed that the coin was not oriented the correct way that U.S. coins typically are, in other words, when I flipped it over the reverse was upside down. It was oriented in the same way a medal or token usually is. Also the coin felt slightly light to the touch, but it sounded like silver and appeared to me at the time to be silver. Here is the reverse:
I called up my hunting buddy Halfdime and I stopped by his house (where I met the lovely Mrs. Halfdime and the Halfdime Pup)! We took it to a loupe and determined that it was a modern counterfeit. It only rang as a +79-80 on the XLT while a true silver dollar would be at least 90-91. I got it home and it weighs roughly 16.5 grams rather than the 26.5 grams that one of my 'test' Morgans weighed. That confirms it to me. Oh well, still a nice looking fake!
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