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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The reverse rim at 1 o'clock looks a bit odd. I'm not an expert on these. They are one of the most counterfeited coins though. If you want to have some real fun, send it into ANACS for authentication.  |
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Moderator
 United States
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My FREE opinion is counterfeit. I have compared your coin to a genuine coin in the images below. There are a LOT more differences than I have circled. On the obverse, detail is missing - frequent on counterfeits, rare on genuine coins. The tip of the LIBERTY ribbon is completely missing, and detail in the wheat sheaf is missing. On the reverse, the shape of the letters in UNITED are wrong, and the rim of the subject coin is uneven and just disappears above the A of America. If you obtained it on ebay, I would recommend returning it. Where did you get it?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
Your coin is a Chinese counterfeit that is 90% silver. Look at the denticles at 5 O'clock you will notice both coins have the same missing and crooked dentiles. On your coin the counterfeiter made the coin appear to have taken a hit to explain the damaged dentiles. Known 90% Silver Chinese Counterfeit:  OP Coin:  Edited by Slider23
02/19/2017 2:13 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3058 Posts |
Looks counterfeit to me as well, the bird looks really strange.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11896 Posts |
Coin looks like it was minted yesterday, but all the coin features look mushy.
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
6370 Posts |
This coin is NOT cast. It is struck. Please get it out of your heads that all Chinese fakes are cast. The vast majority nowadays are struck using a coin press.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
My opinion based on the photo is that the coin is a cast copy. On the obverse there are what appear to be cast bumps and pitting. The Chinese Manufacture notes in the description that this 90% silver coin was made from a mold of a genuine coin. I agree Chinese counterfeit coins can and are die struck from counterfeit dies. I am sure it cost more for counterfeiters to hand cut dies. If the die was hand cut, they did a very poor job on the dentiles. This coin can be purchased for about $50 dollars on the no no site, but I am not going to buy one to prove if the coin is cast or struck.
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Valued Member
United States
123 Posts |
I vote for counterfeit. Eagle is just so mushy while the field is so brilliant and clean. Just doesn't feel right and lots of detail in the thread on specific reasons why.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1963 Posts |
That does not look right to me.
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New Member
 United States
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Valued Member
United States
199 Posts |
If it's a real Trade dollar, it should weigh at 27.22g. 26.77g is too lite for a Trade dollar that looks almost in perfect condition. |
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Moderator
United States
54282 Posts |
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This coin can be purchased for about $50 dollars on the no no site You can get them for about $2 with free shipping from China. Some vendors there price them at $50 to appeal to those buyers that don't read the listing to know they are "copies" and think they are getting a real bargain. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5832 Posts |
I be surprise if there's any silver in this copy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4211 Posts |
and I also am of the opinion that your coin is not genuine. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
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You can get them for about $2 with free shipping from China. The base metal ones yes, not the 90% silver fakes. |
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Posted 02/19/2017 12:37 pm
