Phoney Pandas

yennus said:
They look pretty good to me... but then again, I've never had the opportunity to buy them at a price I was happy with... almost constantly strong demand for these Pandas.
yennus, as of auction it looks like someone dumped all his panda collection ...
I'm not sure how far it will go in value, but the collection could make someone very happy :)
 
alor said:
are those Carded Pandas ???
1984 2 and 1985 are carded proofs (it is written on cards in Japanese)




1st 1984 carded was sold for 59150 yen ... looks like people believe these are real
 
fake or not?
panda.jpg
 
Hi all!
I want to ask about red spot on gold coin.

Does fake gold coin has red spot? Or only appear on real gold? Thanks!
 
kingsing84 said:
Hi all!
I want to ask about red spot on gold coin.

Does fake gold coin has red spot? Or only appear on real gold? Thanks!

Interesting question... so far I've only seen the red spots develop on genuine Pandas... but there would be nothing to stop copper spots (red spots) from appearing on fake Pandas.
 
When you are weiging coins to check for authenticity, how close to 31.1g is an acceptable weight? E.g. Is 30.8g or 32g within the range of the coin being real?
 
SilverNGoldGuy said:
I'm pretty sure this coin is fake because it has slanted reeding, but it seems to match the original in every other way.
Slanted reeding is a dead give away on 2000, maybe more clues would be found if we had full on shot of the coins face.
 
Catseye said:
SilverNGoldGuy said:
I'm pretty sure this coin is fake because it has slanted reeding, but it seems to match the original in every other way.
Slanted reeding is a dead give away on 2000, maybe more clues would be found if we had full on shot of the coins face.

I know it's fake due to the reeding, but here are some pics for everybody else's info as well. If it wasn't for the reeding I may have wasted my time/money submitting this coin to NGC.

The only thing that would tip me off looking at the front is the nose:
2000PandaObv.jpg


Here is the dead giveaway:
2000PandaSide.jpg


Even weighs out correctly, but it didn't quite have that full silver 'ring' to it.
2000PandaWeight.jpg
 
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