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Pillar of the Community
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If you have doubt as to the authenticity of your coins you might as well send them in for TPG'ing to eliminate that doubt. Coins like what you have posted are highly counterfeited and need to be slabbed to be marketable. (Unless of course you are just posting known counterfeits here to get differences in opinions.) |
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I actually had no intention of selling them. Of course both coins could be counterfeit. That is why I posted them. I really think that it just a slight chance though. Still Lookin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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...These are no doubt fakes, not good ones either, look at face details, the mushy hair and reverse leaves. And the marks @the D...
Still lookin, that mushy tail feathers, indicates a poor cast copy, doubt its even been pressed! The details look okay to me. The details of genuine coins are often "mushy". The tail feathers especially, are often soft on genuine examples. And there are not casting bubbles. There are die flow lines, which suggest that it was struck, not cast. The color looks good and has toned like silver would. I couldn't tell you anything about the mint mark though. It may or may not be an alteration. As for grade, I'd Say AU Details, cleaned. Large scrape on Washington's cheek as well. |
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In hand it does not look cleaned. It appears that the reverse was setting down on a hard surface and the obverse was more open to the atmosphere. But it may have been cleaned. The other coins with this one were mostly BU with very little toning. Still Lookin
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Not an expert on this but -- I don't like the look of the leaves on the west side.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
797 Posts |
I do not believe the close up of the mint mark is of the same coin.
Zooming into the D on the first picture there is no detail in the D, its just a blob, but very sharp in the close up. Plus there is a gash in the top left that does not show in the larger photo.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't know anything about these but it doesn't look cleaned to me. The MM appears in a depression, like many genuine Lincolns I've seen..the internet is a friend for getting some ideas on this key quarter. Look through the images on PCGS.com and ha.com and compare. I'm sure there's also plenty of info on this site and others. If you think it's real, send that puppy to PCGS.
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Pillar of the Community
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They are indeed the same coin. The first photo was taken with an old worn out Nikon camera. The second was taken with an AmScope on a microscope. There is different lighting sources on each. If you study the die markers on each photo you will see that they are the same. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The pictures are GREAT BTW!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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not the same coin. first pic no damage to the right of MM
second pic shows damage to the right of the MM
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 United States
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They said it was the same coin --- what is the point of claiming it isn't? What purpose would it serve someone to ask questions about the authenticity of a coin, then post pictures of different coins?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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nss-52  ...and lookin has been a member here since 2009! Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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02/02/2017 10:50 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I can see why people don't think it's the same coin. The mint mark is definitely off. But lookin has explained that it's a different lens. And the dings on the leaves and stems of the wreath match up. That die crack or scratch between the leaf and stem is there in the first picture too, but blurry, lending credence to the camera explanation.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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100% genuine 1932-D Washington. Grade is approximately AU53. Very, very nice coin & a great find.
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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I posted before that the leaves on the west branch looked wrong -- so I took another look today and -- honestly -- I don't know what I was seeing before. I must have been focused on a shadow or something. Sorry about that. It looks fine to me now. However, I think I need to learn to take a break from the screen.  |
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