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New Member
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 GUYS RU SURE !! HOW CAN YOU TELL ? I WILL POST MORE PHOTOS FOR OTHERS IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATED  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mushy details...I would wager you can see a seam around the edge of the coins...do they stick to a magnet?
The 85 and 91 Morgans look ok..common dates worth about $25 each.
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06/13/2012 12:01 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with the above posters. They are fakes.
How can we tell?
They all have a bumpy or granular looking surface and lack of detail that is common with counterfeits. In addition to that, the color just isn't right.
Comes from years of experience handling and looking at genuine coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The 1885 and the 1891 in the second set of pics look genuine. They are common dates worth a few bucks above their silver value (around $25 each or so).
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The 1885P and 1891P have a much better chance of being genuine but you still need to have them weighed to the nearest 1/10 gram for confirmation.
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Valued Member
Canada
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So tired of seeing these fakes turning up, the 1st three especially!  Oh the delicious forms of punishment I could dream up for the counterfeiters if we could catch them all... Like sticking them in a huge vault & forcing them to search through endless rolls of coins for errors, rarities & silver for the rest of their lives, all finds to be dealt out to those who've been victims of their counterfeit activities... |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The first three are really bad copies. I agree with the rest of you that the last two Morgans look genuine.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 This is one of those not so easy to tell things. From the photos only, everything is sort of a guess. You should try a magnet to them and if it reacts, that one is a fake. Although this is far from the only test. Some fakes are made with the exact materials as the originals since they are to be sold as collector items. Some fakes look real and some real coins look fake. As you said though your intent is to sell them all. You should do everything possible to find out if real or fake prior to atempting to sell. If you can not tell yourself, try to find a coin store near you and just ask. Do not say your selling them, you just want to know about them. The reason is if you mention selling them, you might get all sorts of odd stories. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How do we know they are fake? Well the 1804 if real would be worth in the hundreds of thousands, low chance that you have a real raw one as most are slabbed now and have a known provenance.
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United States
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one of the Morgan dollars looks real, the other appear to be counterfeits. not even good counterfeits at that. you have a 30 dollar coin if the morgan is real. sorry to break the bad news to you! |
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by the way, I dislike fake coins. can not stand them. sorry you got got and bought them.
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Welcome! As mentioned, Draped Bust and Morgan dollars (CC), are heavily counterfeited by the Chinese. I suggest you never buy raw. Tell tale signs are the mushy, lack luster, chalky surfaces; as well as the cast bubbles seen under a loupe as well as design elements totally wrong for the series...and weight. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
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Are most of the counterfeits coming out of China or have they been around for some time?
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Posted 06/12/2012 11:57 pm
