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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would ask the seller for the weight of the coin before making a purchase. I am not seeing anything obvious that makes the coin a counterfeit. I found another coin in a PCGS holder that did not have a stem connecting the bottom leaves. The Craig coin is a best VF Details Cleaned. If genuine, would have a value around $100. Craig Coin  PCGS Coin VF20  Craig Coin  PCGS Coin VF20  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
There is something that does not look right about the Craig coin. The first S in STATES is totally different. Craig coin:  PCGS coin:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5832 Posts |
I enlarged the view in the Craiglist seller photo and the S appears to be fine, without physical inspection, photos is not good enough for Trade dollars. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
Another area on the Craig coin that would give me concern would be the eagle's tail feathers. When viewing the Craig coin the right side tail feather does not tuck into the feathers above as the right tail feather goes to the outside. It could be a scratch or a counterfeit error.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8516 Posts |
Cleaned but looks fine to me. If you meet him, take a magnet and your scale.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I seems clear from the obverse pic that it's been cleaned. I just don't see the upside here, especially buying it raw.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2403 Posts |
The date position looks off on the Craigslist coin. Is this normal?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4211 Posts |
Prime example as to why I would not buy a raw Trade dollar unless it was from one of my 3 trusted dealers. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
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The date position looks off on the Craigslist coin. Is this normal? The date position and mint mark size and position varies on the Trade dollar. The date position on the Craig coin is typical for the date. To my knowledge there is no comprehensive study on Trade dollars to document all the possible combinations of date positions and mint size and positions. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think coinfrog asks the right question. Even if it is real, why would you want it given its extensive condition problems?
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@Slider Thank you for the info. I don't collect these and this is the 1st time I have noticed such a difference in the date positioning. Learned something new today  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
I've seen enough fakes that I can usually spot them nowadays with a sub 1 minute inspection; I'll go back and take a deeper look.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Valued Member
United States
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The coin has been taken down.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Raw, cleaned and unknown seller = take a pass. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
591 Posts |
Well, I did not try to buy this. Thanks for all the good discussion, I certainly learned a lot about Trade dollars. |
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