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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If it is real, it is the nicest '57 flying eagle that I have ever seen in all my years of collecting.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Compare the feather texture of both coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
I will say it's fake. The details are too strong and the color is off.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36905 Posts |
Another product of China.
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
The colors are plainly so juiced in the image that there's no way to tell what this coin really looks like.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9796 Posts |
Still not convinced it's a fake, though I'm leaning that way, it does however appear to be heavily polished and whizzed. The feather textures are the problem I see right off the bat. The lettering is pretty good, and the wreath is very well done, if faked.
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Moderator
United States
16680 Posts |
There are certain diagnostics of the OP's coin that scream fake.
Position of bow reverse, tail feathers, reverse lettering.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
Well.. if it's a fake, it's a pretty good one.
I don't like the artificially color that has been done to it so, I wouldn't even think about this coin, I would say it has been colored to cover up the devices.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
716 Posts |
I don't see anything that screams fake. The coin has almost proof like surfaces, but I don't know if is a proof. I know that Snow mentions that the 1857 type of 1856 in early die states have proof like surfaces characterized by sharp strikes and can be confused with proofs. That being said I agree that the color looks artificial and I would probably stay away form this coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36905 Posts |
The surface is a problem, but the bigger issue is with the details of the eagle.
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Valued Member
 United States
498 Posts |
The seller states he bought it yesterday at an auction and is a professional and knows it's real. The only pictures I find that match that reverse are proof pics. He says the weight is dead on. Interesting to see what happens here.
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Moderator
United States
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I had to use Proof strikes to consider this coin; the strike is too hard for all but the very strongest Business Strikes. By that sort of standard - and this would apply to Business Strikes as well - the denticles don't work and there simply isn't enough detail. More device details should show if it's a real coin this well struck.
But again, I don't believe those images for a microsecond. This one's in the air.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1788 Posts |
If it's a fake it's a good one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5854 Posts |
I'm going to go against the trend. I am leaning towards genuine but it has been heavily polished. I don't think the color, possibly appearing after polishing, would be considered market acceptable.
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
I don't know this series enough to say high quality fake vs real but I could see a high grade polished and possibly altered color fec looking like this.
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