Counterfeit or not? 50 Centimes Haiti 1827-1833

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Counterfeit or not? 50 Centimes Haiti 1827-1833

Postby Mercuryman » Sun Sep 09, 2018 7:15 pm

A year or so ago I found this 50 Centimes Haitian coin and decided to look it up. I was pretty confused at first because the coin is supposed to be 5 grams of silver... instead mine was copper. So I did a little digging and realized that its a counterfeit from that time period ( or at least believed)
To me it doesn't make since how you could pass off a copper coin as a silver coin, but that seems to be the only explanation Ive seen... but now i'm wondering if this could be a Trial strike just like the Czech coin i am trying to find information about.

I thought it was neat and you all might find it interesting.


Real - https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26480.html
Fake- https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces28724.html

Photos: https://m.imgur.com/a/hOBSYGP i couldn't get it out of the case.
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Re: Counterfeit or not? 50 Centimes Haiti 1827-1833

Postby NiBullionCu » Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:39 pm

Pics of the coin you have would help immensely (In both threads).
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Re: Counterfeit or not? 50 Centimes Haiti 1827-1833

Postby Mercuryman » Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:32 am

Yes i want to post photos but i can't figure out how to remove the gps location tag from them. When I'm home this evening I'll try to figure it out.
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Re: Counterfeit or not? 50 Centimes Haiti 1827-1833

Postby Mercuryman » Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:30 am

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Re: Counterfeit or not? 50 Centimes Haiti 1827-1833

Postby Mercuryman » Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:36 pm

I found it on NGC https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/wor ... id-1415124

One for $750 on ebay : https://www.ebay.com/itm/LAn-25-1828-Ha ... SwlzZbKCbP

PCGS XF45 for $300 https://www.ebay.com/itm/PC0172-Haiti-1 ... SwIQdZFW9x:

$70 beaten up one - https://www.ebay.com/itm/HAITI-50-Centi ... Swkbxa9UVI

I wonder if this is worth slabbing or not? Any thoughts on what it might grade at?
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