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 Posted 10/11/2012  6:08 pm  Show Profile   Check vermontensium's eBay Listings Check vermontensium's eCrater Listings Bookmark this reply Add vermontensium to your friends list
I moved to Classic US coins for better responses ;)
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 Posted 10/11/2012  9:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add 14ers to your friends list
Thank you alganbagerap and vermontensium!
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 Posted 10/11/2012  9:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add VACookey to your friends list
I'm a total novice so my opinion is worthless but it looks funky to me especially the Liberty.
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 Posted 10/11/2012  9:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add smokeriderdon to your friends list
Liberty looks all wrong. I had to look at another one, and the face IS off. This is a pic of one I would LOVE to have. LOL

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I would say fake.

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 Posted 10/11/2012  9:41 pm  Show Profile   Check vermontensium's eBay Listings Check vermontensium's eCrater Listings Bookmark this reply Add vermontensium to your friends list
Oh yeah, good eye! I agree, looks fake to me. Slanted, elongated LIBERTY and "cartoonish" looks to Miss Liberty.
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 Posted 10/11/2012  9:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add VACookey to your friends list
I thought her face looked funny but I was overruled. ~cough Smoke cough~
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 Posted 10/11/2012  9:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sjh241 to your friends list
Well, I would be hesitant to buy from someone who accepts international "monney" orders.
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 Posted 10/11/2012  10:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bryan1315 to your friends list
it definitely looks funny to me, something about the face just doesn't look right. Even the word LIBERTY doesn't look right to me. I am going to say this one looks counterfeit to me
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 Posted 10/11/2012  10:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Earle42 to your friends list
I am no expert - but this looks like you called it correctly ... its probably a copy.
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 Posted 10/11/2012  10:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dave H to your friends list
Yeah, definitely looks bogus. The guy currently winning has purchased 23 Half Dimes in the past 30 days. Wonder what others he bought?
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 Posted 10/14/2012  2:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rachums107 to your friends list
looks a bit grainy to me, I wouldnt buy it but I'm on the border between real and fake
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 Posted 10/14/2012  7:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Captain Morgan to your friends list
I agree the coin just dont look right to me.
Did you let e-bay know or send the seller a msg. asking if the coin is a fake?
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 Posted 10/14/2012  7:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Gyrene7483 to your friends list
There are several indicators to me that this coin is a counterfeit. The head of Liberty, the word LIBERTY, the raised metal spot on the rock just left of the shield, the extra metal on the stars on the obverse. The details are not as "clean" as they should be. On the reverse, the many raised irregular lines and spots on the letters on the reverse screams cast copy.

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 Posted 10/16/2012  2:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list
I'm not convinced the coin is fake, but I think it may have been "worked on" and some re-engraving done. This is a known variety from shattered dies on both sides of the coin. (Or if it is a fake it was made from one of that variety.)
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 Posted 10/16/2012  4:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Moe145 to your friends list
Maybe I'm in the minority, but I'm not so sure this one is fake.

The LIBERTY is off but I attribute it to the unfortunate PMD that hits the R and extends up into the shield. That makes the whole LIBERTY look weird, IMO.

However, the graininess does make it look more cast than one normally sees.

Overall, though, I'm leaning towards real.

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