1921 Peace Dollar counterfeit ?

Fake?

26.7 grams non magnetic but as I'm learning it means nothing.

 

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Either that or she needs some Clearasil!

 

I'm far from an expert but what raised my suspicion is the small blob of raised metal below the L in pluribus.

 

If you ask me, it appears to be a cast counterfeit based on what you've already noted.

Edit: I'm going to assume that you acquired this coin along with the fake 1902-S Morgan you posted earlier today?

 

The surfaces look funny and the details are not sharp. I'm gonna say cast fake.

 

My instinct too. However can't you spot cast coins by the edge? Maybe the crooks Reed them last in the process.

 

Depends on the coin. But often there is a seam.

 

would photos of a real one help?

 

Yikes, look at the bloated letters in UNITED; the metal blob on the rev was a nice pickup, and enlarged you can see many smaller ones. Bad!!

 

Letters are not sharp… Liberty looks weird and the blobs confirm this one as obvious counterfeit.

 

Yes. They came from a large hoard of silver dollars a friend inherited who knows nothing about coins and asked me to grade and value for him. All of the key and semi keys are bogus. The ones that are genuine are common. It has been a valuable lesson for me to learn more about fakes but for him, not so much. Thanks to the kind members here at coin talk I'm learning a lot.

 

try weight too even though not ALWAYS helpful but can't hurt to check it. correct weight is 26.73 grams.

 

IMO, the relieved gas pockets(holes) and pressure pimples(non-relieved gas pockets) indicate cast coin.