Ash Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Hi! I have two silver dollars from 1879 and 1798 im very curious about them.Are they real or fake?Do they actually worth something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Hi Ash! Welcome to Coinpeople! Great question. First, what does your gut tell you? Even if you don't know a lot about coins, your gut does. My gut says "yuck!" Then there's a quick google search. 1879 was apparently a year that coin was created. However, 1789 was about 70 years before the design was created - fake! You could also get a scale to see what the 1879 coin weighs compared to what the resources online say. But... your gut should still be yelling "fake!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Thedeadpoint was trying to be polite, but I'll be a bit more blunt - these are modern copies made in China for the tourist trade, where people often pay a few dollars for them thinking "well, it's just a few dollars" except the odds of buying a real one on the street is far worse than winning Powerball, and even if real, the return would also pale by far to a lotto win. If you got them as a gift from someone, I'd thank them for their gesture, but if you bought them and it's not too late to return them, I'd so do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Hi again and thanks!.As I thought.But still how far one of those go if it was a real one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1942Sept Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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