50 cent DESTROYED OR FAKE?

Facts/News about the Euro can be posted here

Moderators: Phaseolus, Fons

Post Reply
WladislaW
Euro-Newbie
Euro-Newbie
Posts: 2
Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:09 pm

50 cent DESTROYED OR FAKE?

Post by WladislaW »

50 cent DESTROYED OR FAKE?

Thanks for help guys! :)
Attachments
50_b.jpg
50_b.jpg (188.49 KiB) Viewed 2045 times
50_a.jpg
50_a.jpg (168.82 KiB) Viewed 2045 times
User avatar
avij
Forum Moderator
Forum Moderator
Posts: 6122
Joined: Mon May 27, 2002 10:45 pm
Location: Helsinki Finland
Contact:

Re: 50 cent DESTROYED OR FAKE?

Post by avij »

You could test with a magnet. 10, 20 and 50 cent coins are not particularly magnetic. 1e and 2e coins are somewhat magnetic, and 1, 2 and 5 coins are much more magnetic. See if your coin behaves like other 10, 20, 50 cent coins in this regard.
Money makes the world go round. We track how the money goes round the world.
WladislaW
Euro-Newbie
Euro-Newbie
Posts: 2
Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:09 pm

Re: 50 cent DESTROYED OR FAKE?

Post by WladislaW »

Non magnetic, so it is just destroyed I guess...
User avatar
Vunono
Euro-Expert in Training
Euro-Expert in Training
Posts: 304
Joined: Thu Nov 05, 2015 2:08 pm
Location: Cádiz, España

Re: 50 cent DESTROYED OR FAKE?

Post by Vunono »

Coins in that condition are more common in other countries. A few kilometres from my home, in Morocco, dirham coins are sometimes so faded that you can hardly see the face of the king, but those are coins that have been in circulation for 30 or 40 years. In India it's even worse, as their coins begin to erode after only a few years in circulation.
User avatar
Dawizz
Euro-Master
Euro-Master
Posts: 2126
Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:10 pm

Re: 50 cent DESTROYED OR FAKE?

Post by Dawizz »

That 50c coins reminds me of the Lempira coins I used to have when I was living in Honduras in the 80's. In 86/87 you where able to find pretty easily coins from the 30's in very bad shape. Some in much worse condition than that 50c coin. More recently I've found in circulation here in Portugal euro coins from 99/00 in very bad shape/conditions. It's like people say: They don't build them like they used to.
Born too late to explore the Globe. Born too early to explore the Stars. Born just in time to see the World implode.
User avatar
maarsy
Euro-Master
Euro-Master
Posts: 4270
Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:18 pm
Location: merchtem

Re: 50 cent DESTROYED OR FAKE?

Post by maarsy »

the italian 50 cent 2002 is a popular fake one , I had one years ago from a customer , as he had trouble since the vending machine would not take it , the vague detail made it obvious fake
User avatar
androl
Euro-Master
Euro-Master
Posts: 4318
Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2004 1:20 pm
Location: München (Myeenack, Mjuncken), Deutschland (Chairmany, Djutschländ)
Contact:

Re: 50 cent DESTROYED OR FAKE?

Post by androl »

So how do you tell fake coins apart from heavily used coins?
I have some coins myself, 2€, 1€ and 10c(!), which are similar to this one. The 2€ coins do have good edge lettering. And a 10c coin should not be fake, the official statistics never mention counterfeits under 50c.
WladislaW wrote:Non magnetic, so it is just destroyed I guess...
Very bad test, counter question: why should a too soft metal be magnetic? I don't think fakers ever use magnetic metals unless they want to make good counterfeits of magnetic coins.
But to me the details of your coin don't look so bad (the edges of the stars for example), so I think it is just used.
Joshu, a Chinese Zen master, asked a cow:
"Do you have Buddha-nature or not?"
The cow answered: "Moo."
Post Reply

Return to “Euro-Notes and Coins Board”