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Pillar of the Community
Israel
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The only major difference I see is in the mintmark.
I assume that there are a few possible mintmark positions, but I'm not an expert.
I'd definitely send this one for grading, unless someone here could clearly rule it out as fake.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 with supdog, the mintmark is what jumps out at me. I also agree with having any Trade dollar Third Party graded for authenticity, ANACS would be the least expensive (no clubs to join). Edited by oih82w8
06/10/2013 08:28 am
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Valued Member
United States
289 Posts |
Doberman, Looking more closely at the bottom rim on the Obverse, that's looks quite odd to me. If I compare yours to one of ours, or BH there is an obvious difference to me now that I didn't notice before. The glaring one is the MM which others here have stated. Try to get better pics if you are able to.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1436 Posts |
The denicles on the obverse are inconsistent, and the rim looks funky, too. Also, the arm holding the banner doesn't look quite right... IMHO, I believe it is a counterfeit...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
the rim is what caught my eye at first glance. I am pretty sure this one is a counterfeit. You pretty much have to approach any Trade dollar as it being counterfeit and then prove its real |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
I think it's a cast counterfeit. Recalling similar posts and Steve Caruso's comments, several things make me think this:
- thickening of various devices (wheat heads, for example)
- flattening of the devices (stars and branch on obverse)
- the denticles are grainy and shortened
- ragged line around rim in some places
- some areas of porosity which can be a casting artifact (example-- left of date)
Edited by ThisIsFun
06/10/2013 4:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Israel
2420 Posts |
Not sure if this is enough to rule it out as a fake, but I've marked a few of the details that looks different to me:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5854 Posts |
I don't have a good feeling about this one. What caught my eye first was the face which looked a little off. The relief of the eagle looks a little too low and there is detail missing in the wing, leg, and neck feathers. The rim and denticles on the reverse don't look right.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
The things that stood out to me when I looked at it this morning and compared it to photograde pictures, is Liberty looks about 25 pounds heavy and the lack of detail in the olive branch leaves compared to the rest of the coin. I don't have a warm and fuzzy about this one...
Edited by dave700x
06/10/2013 8:07 pm
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
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I don't have a warm and fuzzy about this one... Agreed. It's too flat. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5208 Posts |
The only thing that jumped out to me was the mintmark and the porosity left of the date.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1796 Posts |
The denticles on the reverse, alone, disqualify it as genuine. They're too short and improperly spaced.
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Valued Member
United States
156 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8517 Posts |
At any rate that must have been a really nice pickle jar that he wasn't willing to part with lol.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Valued Member
 United States
125 Posts |
Thanks everyone! Too bad it didn't turn out to be real... Oh well.
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