Fake??? Sydney 2000 Olympic Bi-Metal Coin

[kevalie]

Recently come across this coin which I had never seem before, the quality looks decent however I couldn't find any information on line. Alarm bell start ringing when I put in the number in NGC went page and it comes up as "no coin was found matching that certification number". Any thoughts?

 

[Altima]

If that coin is fake, that is one really good fake!

 

[serial]

scary good head on that. I have never seen it myself either.
Link?

 

[kevalie]

I know right, was certain it's genuine when I first lay eyes on it but NGC doesn't have it on their system.

Serial: No link, the photos was taken by a friend

 

[serial]

yeh I would love to see this in hand
it could be real and rare but I would avoid unless I could hold it in hand and had a pmv machine

 

[kevalie]

Apparently the guy just got it back from NGC but somehow they havent update the system

 

[Billythecoinstacker]

yeh I would love to see this in hand
it could be real and rare but I would avoid unless I could hold it in hand and had a pmv machine

Whats a pmw machine?

 

[whinfell]

yeh I would love to see this in hand
it could be real and rare but I would avoid unless I could hold it in hand and had a pmv machine

Whats a pmw machine?

Precious Metals Werifier - http://forums.silverstackers.com/topic-58677-test-your-metals-for-fakes.html

 

[trew]

It's either fake or incredibly rare

can't find this coin in any catalog - McDonalds or even Kruse


if it is not fake then it might be a trial sample or something that never got made into a coin

as Altima said, if it is a fake it's a bloody good fake

 

[andrewlee10]

Why not check with the mints direct?

 

[ClonesArePeopleTwo]

I'm probably being unhelpful, but is the "50" too close to the "Dollars", I thought it looked funny and searched up a few other sydney 2000 coins and it looks a bit different (although it's for $5 or $100 not $50)

http://www.australianstamp.com/coin-web/aust/olympics.htm

 

[serial]

nice link clones!
it looks like a silver version of this
http://www.australianstamp.com/coin-web/aust/hundred/20001hun.htm

 

[kevalie]

At this stage we are vary certain its not a fake but have to contact the mint to get more information

 

[GoldenEye]

I can't see why anyone would bother faking something that was not previously mass produced? :/