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    Posted 2 years ago

    Hadden77
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    Ive had this coin for some time now however, not sure if its real or not any comments will help. Thank you!

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    1. billretirecoll billretirecoll, 2 years ago
      Here Hadden, maybe this will help!

      https://www.ebay.com/itm/185054988144?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=185054988144&targetid=1490630669900&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=9051556&poi=&campaignid=15431381266&mkgroupid=128740829685&rlsatarget=pla-1490630669900&abcId=9300764&merchantid=101971623&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvMOx8MH_9QIV2SCtBh1ISATKEAQYASABEgI-uvD_BwE

      Hope that it does! Bill :^)
    2. Hadden77, 2 years ago
      Thank you, i appreciate it ill check it out. Have a blessed day!
    3. keramikos, 2 years ago
      Hi, Hadden77. :-)

      CW user billretirecoll was on the right track when he linked that reproduction coin.

      I'm not a coin expert, but at a glance, I suspect that is what you have. The big reason? Real gold doesn't oxidize easily:

      https://medium.com/@allwastematters/4-reasons-why-gold-is-an-amazing-metal-and-how-to-recognize-fake-gold-bebb5be41f5f

      https://coinsite.com/is-it-a-1851-20-dollar-baldwin-and-co-20-dollar-gold-piece-or-a-copy/

      Here's what a real 1851 Baldwin twenty dollar coin looks like:

      https://coins.ha.com/itm/territorial-gold/1851-20-baldwin-twenty-dollar-xf45-pcgs-k-5-high-r7/a/1204-5438.s

      Baldwin also made ten and five dollar coins:

      https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/territorial/california-gold/baldwin-company-1850-1851/1736

      I doubt that there was any intention of fraud in the making of your coin, but there have been some less-than-honest attempts to reproduce Baldwin coins:

      https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1850-10-baldwin/10028
    4. Vynil33rpm Vynil33rpm, 2 years ago
      Call the Repo Man ,,sorry :)
    5. Hadden77, 2 years ago
      Thank you, yeah i thought it was replica as well but wasn't sure. I appreciate your time!;)
    6. keramikos, 2 years ago
      Hadden77, You're welcome. :-)
    7. flashlarue flashlarue, 2 years ago
      Yeah, someone tried to scratch out the copy marking on the obverse of the coin making it worth less than nothing
    8. keramikos, 2 years ago
      flashlarue, Wow, I didn't even notice that.

      I just looked at the overall oxidation, and decided that it couldn't possibly be gold.

      So the die-maker was honest enough to want to make it clear that rounds struck using it were replicas, but at some point, somebody apparently wanted to pass off this particular round as as a real Baldwin?
    9. Vynil33rpm Vynil33rpm, 2 years ago
      Yes the best way to remember is all that oxidizes is not Gold

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