Is this a real silver coin/silver round, or is it garbage?

I’m not very knowledgeable about coins.
I wasn’t paying close attention when I bought this. All I seen was it’s label “Bullion, 1 Troy OZ Coin” and the “ONE TROY OUNCE 999 FINE SILVER” imprint on the backside and for its price I figured I can’t go wrong considering the price of silver.

Well, come to find out it “looks” like a Sitting Liberty, but can’t be an actual coin considering how both the front and backside look from my understanding unless I’m missing something.

So my question is, is it a real 1 Troy OZ silver round?

I don’t have what I’d call a reliable scale at the moment, but the one I do have says it weighs 1.1oz or 31g. Is this a real .999 Fine Silver round or is it garbage?

 

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Not a real coin.

According to Wikipedia, the weight is within tolerance for 1.00 troy oz of silver.

 

There's not really anyway we can tell by just looking at the round in this case. While there are lots of off brand silver rounds there's also lots of fake silver rounds. Have you tried easy things such as the tissue test, magnet test etc if you don't have an acid test kit?

 

It's a private issue - the weight you gave is correct for
a 1 oz. silver round -

Because the piece has been cleaned at one time, the color
is a bit off. Have you done the 'Ring' test on it to see if
it 'rings' like silver, or 'thuds' like pot metal or something
that is not silver?

 

Not sure I've heard of that one.

 

Set a tissue/Kleenex on top of both a silver coin and a non-silver coin. The silver coin will reflect more light than the non-silver and appear "brighter".

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/141237/

 

Since silver is the most reflective metal, a piece of tissue paper placed over a silver coin will still let the silver color be seen easily while a CuNi or some such will not.

 

@PreciousMetalDude A Troy ounce is what is used to weigh precious metals and it is 31 g while an Avoirdupois ounce is used to weigh cheese. Your 31 g is a Troy ounce. BTW, a Troy pound has 12 ounces while an Av pound has 16 ounces, so while a pound of cheese weighs more than a pound of gold, an ounce of gold weighs more than an ounce of cheese... a resounding vote for the Metric System!

 

Well I'll be hornswoggled.



Problem is: How would that work with "antiqued" silver?

 

A Troy Ounce weighs 31.1 g. You forgot the 0.1

 

Meh...close enough for government work...

 

Rare earth magnet slide!

 

I'm referring to the intentional antiquing of a silver piece, which arguably is what the OP has shown us. I also own a couple of silver pieces with intentional antiquing applied. It was "hot" around 1970. One is from the now-defunct Reading Coin Club and the other honored the Ephrata Cloister, and was done for the also now-defunct Ephrata Coin Club. Both are .999 silver when you GET TO the silver, but there is a "finish" artificially applied to both.

In a DIFFERENT way, my ANA exhibiting "gold medal" is .999 silver with a gold finish applied.