u/Worldjunksilver

I got a few Chinese coins in my collection.

I am curious if y'all think they are fake or not. I am really ignorant in this area of my collection and don't like relying on AI for an "authentication" check.

Picked this up today at my LCS with only a $10 premium($196 melt - $206 out the door).

I've picked up about 70 oz of silver over the last 5 months or so and am happy to finally get my foot in the door with gold at a reasonable premium for a fractional piece.

Saved this from the melt bin at a local shop.

Where would you grade it?

I got a flask and attempted a full cast! My other few attempts have been open faced pours.

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Long way to go but it's a good start!

1. What - Recycled copper

2. 3d printed piece to mold

3. Petro bond + Amazon flask

This is my 1834 Mexico - 8 Reales!

I don't know much about them and am curious where y'all would grade it!

1.5 lb "Beskar bar" out of copper! Didn't have enough sand to do two halves of the mold so I did an open pour.

Significant wood grain and what I thought was just a die cud, looks to be a die shatter!

I've been picking up mostly world junk silver the last 4 months but I am curious as to what the streaks on this coin are?

They look too patterned and straight to be cleaning marks. What would make these streaks normally?

I bought a small bag of dimes at a pawn shop today and didn't take a good look at it until I got in the car. Turns out one of the 4 was a 3 cent nickel! It's not in terrible shape either.

Another venture to the spot bin at the local shop. I've been looking for a moment to get a dragon priced well from a place I trust and today was the day.

I like to shop the "spot" tray at my local coin and bullion shop. It was my lucky day to see a boat load of Britannias in there today!

Always nice to get a beautiful piece at spot.

Can you spot any of your favorites?

New to me!

It's nice to have even more history stacked on top of a piece of junk silver.

Sadly it seems pretty cleaned but this a nice coin my father decided was a good time to pass down to me.

I've gotten a nice recap from some AI tooling about this but would love to get some feedback from the real experts.

I have most of my silver out and raw(largely junk over Numismatic) but this seems like one I might want to put back in a flip or a capsule.

Recently had an Indian Head book passed to me. I decided to check the 1908 and 1909. Turns out, I have a 1909 S!!! Too bad it's the aftermarket "S" package 🤣🤣