don1942
Joined: 20-Apr-2021
Posts: 7
Posted: 20-Jun-2022, 02:20 am
Edited: 21-Jun-2022, 08:05 pm
Posted: 20-Jun-2022, 02:20 am
Edited: 21-Jun-2022, 08:05 pm
I have this coin: 1855 5 Francs Napoleon III, weight 23.56g, appears to be brass or bronze.
The catalog list this coin as: 1855 5 Francs Napoleon III, weight 25g (.900) Silver.
Please, any thoughts on this coin.
Thank You.
Sjoelund
Joined: 28-Mar-2012
Posts: 8442
Posted: 20-Jun-2022, 11:20 am
Posted: 20-Jun-2022, 11:20 am
It is a silver coin, when not counterfeited! Please show us an image of your coin?
AndiPasculescu10
Joined: 7-Jun-2022
Posts: 204
Posted: 20-Jun-2022, 08:46 pm
Edited: 20-Jun-2022, 09:31 pm
Posted: 20-Jun-2022, 08:46 pm
Edited: 20-Jun-2022, 09:31 pm
Hi! If the coin's weight is 23g. and something,it is surelly a fake of the genuine silver 5 francs of 25g. The difference between the 2 weights is too big…
No need of additional data! Sorry for the bad news!
don1942
Joined: 20-Apr-2021
Posts: 7
Posted: 20-Jun-2022, 09:24 pm
Posted: 20-Jun-2022, 09:24 pm
Thank You both. I kind of figured it was a fake.
Steve27
Joined: 22-Mar-2016
Posts: 1483
Posted: 21-Jun-2022, 03:52 pm
Posted: 21-Jun-2022, 03:52 pm
Does it say “ESSAI” anywhere on the coin?
don1942
Joined: 20-Apr-2021
Posts: 7
Posted: 21-Jun-2022, 06:36 pm
Posted: 21-Jun-2022, 06:36 pm
It does not sat “ESSAI” on it. Thank You.
AndiPasculescu10
Joined: 7-Jun-2022
Posts: 204
Posted: 21-Jun-2022, 06:39 pm
Posted: 21-Jun-2022, 06:39 pm
100% fake coin you have! The other member was thinking of a pattern marked ESSAI,but it is not the case…
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I have this coin: 1855 5 Francs Napoleon III, weight 23.56g, appears to be brass or bronze.
