Sir Sisu Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 ...I also have an 1870 Canadian half that does not sing one little bit either but it has other issues that make me fairly confident it is a fake. Put is close to a container of hydrochloric acid. Betcha it starts singing like a canary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Put is close to a container of hydrochloric acid. Betcha it starts singing like a canary! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If I ever get to the point that I am 100% confident that it is fake (instead of the 99%), that would not be a bad end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Do you have a pic of that Canadian half? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 I can get one and post it if I can find the coin. It has some rust(!) on it if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggAndyy Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Shucks stu, just weigh it. If you want to get really fancy then do this: http://www.numismedia.com/101/index5.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 I'd have to take it up to the lab at work to weigh it. I might do that next time I have a scale calibration to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 I have a Bust Half that is extremely worn and bit corroded and doesn't sing like silver at all. I have never been able to 100% convince myself it is genuine. The best verbal opinion that ANACS could give at a show a few years back was that it was probably authentic. It could just be a bad alloy or blank or something. I also have an 1870 Canadian half that does not sing one little bit either but it has other issues that make me fairly confident it is a fake. If you are curious you can always mail it to me and I'll do a specific gravity test. While that can't rule out some sort of lead alloy it can rule in and out silver quite often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conder101 Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Not according to Coincraft, they state 2.8g for both types. I presume you have brought specific gravity into the equation? I would have thought they'd be a difference myself. No I have brought specific gravity into it yet. My reference (Krause) shows the sterling version at 3.01 grams and the 500 fine version at 2.83 grams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Do you have a pic of that Canadian half? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> See here: http://coinpeople.com/index.php?showtopic=4940 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggAndyy Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I am going to vote on it being genuine. For as bad as it looks, if it were a cast copy the denticles would be very 'blobby' looking and mushed together in a rather obvious manner. But all of them that are visible are distinctly seperated from each other. I know that is only one diagnostic but that is the one I am going with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 No I have brought specific gravity into it yet. My reference (Krause) shows the sterling version at 3.01 grams and the 500 fine version at 2.83 grams. Coincraft has stated that all the .925s weight exactly the same as their .500 counterparts, so it's not a typo. Maybe it's just all wrong? Only one way to find out... except i don't have any means of actually weighing coins, never have had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conder101 Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 It may take me a few days, but I'll see if I can get some weights for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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