About Dan Moore Expertise My strong familiarity with all U.S. Mint coins, extensive reference library,
and close relationships with many other dealers allows me to identify just
about any coin made in the USA. I receive regular updates to all the current
price guides -- both wholesale & retail -- to provide accurate values. So,
with a good description or pictures, I should be able to identify and value
any U.S. coin you have.
Experience I've been a coin dealer since the 1980's and a coin collector since the 1960's. I specialize in U.S. Silver Coins and have an active online website -- The Working Man's Rare Coins -- http://www.workingmancoins.com -- offering information and inventory in U.S. coins.
Organizations I belong to :
American Numismatic Association Member #187770
Michigan State Numismatic Society Member #8255
Florida United Numismatics Member #19710
Monroe Coin Club Treasurer
Lincoln Coin Club Board Member
WINS Member #14
CoinMasters Member #1814
Frequently Asked Questions :
I have created a Frequently Asked Questions page on my website, where you may be able to get an immediate answer to your question. You can find the page here : http://www.workingmancoins.com/FAQ/index.htm
Question Hi, I have 8 double faced 1922 Peace dollars & 8 1924 on one side and 1934 on the other which are also double faced. They look exactly like the real Peace dollars (I have a large collection). They all appear well circulated. They are seamless on the rim. I have taken them to 3 Jewelry dealers and a coin dealer who all tested them for silver and they all said that they contained silver, but they couldn't tell me to what percent. They weigh slightly less than normal at about 14 pennyweight. Any information on where these may have come from or what there value may be would be very helpful. Thanks, Anna
Answer Anna,
The way the coin dies are made, it's not possible to fit two heads-side dies into a press. And to have dates that are 10 years apart is infinitely impossible -- the dies are destroyed immediately after use.
Being a reeded edge coin, most likely the seam would not be on the outside edge, but rather just inside the raised rim, on one side of the coin or the other. Use a magnifier to see if there's a line inside the rim on one side of the coin that does not appear on the other side.
If you cannot find a seam, then the only other reasonable explanation is that these are modern Chinese counterfeits -- they have really been making a lot of fake coins lately that are very difficult to tell from the originals.
Either explanation would explain the light weight -- either the altering of the two original coins to make the magician's coin took out a bit of metal, or the Chinese counterfeit does not contain the same amount of silver as the original.
