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Pillar of the Community
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At noted, the coin is a counterfiet 1872 Trade dollar pattern. Below is a photo of an genuine example, so you can compare your coin.   |
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Moderator
 United States
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Not solid silver, merely thinly plated. This is a very commonly counterfeited coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The seller said he has received it from Asia and it is a silver coin with correct numbers, but he is not sure if it is fake or not.
Next time you visit this seller, carry a refrigerator magnet in your pocket. Silver's not attracted as such.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Seems logical that one of these would have turned up in Asia after all this time.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I didn't know such a pattern existed. (Not a U.S. specialist).
As such, I would have thought of it as some sort of almost valueless fantasy, and so would have been under the (wrong) impression, and would have bought it for a low price anyway.
Now that I know that it is a copy of a pattern, I would have jumped at it, but at the same low price, and would have been rather happy with the acquisition.
Why?
It is the only way I could hope obtain even a copy of a rare pattern.
I already have a rather extensive collection of 'black' coins for my own education purposes, in order to train myself in how to readily identify fake coins.
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United States
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in order to train myself in how to readily identify fake coins. You can learn a lot about that just by looking at images. I do it every day! |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I look at lots of images as well, (that is what I am doing in this thread, look and learn), and have a few specialist books on the manufacture of fake coins. Learning how they are made certainly helps.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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$2.75 apiece, all you want.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
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$2.75 apiece, all you want. Too much. The magic bus!. |
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New Member
 Bulgaria
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Slider23, where are the design differences between my photos and yours? (I found such photos and compared with mine before writing here but didn't find obvious design differences, actually that's why I decided to ask here.)
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Definitely for me, a buyer at $2.75 apiece!
(Max. would be about $4.)
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Moderator
Australia
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Slider23, where are the design differences between my photos and yours? (I found such photos and compared with mine before writing here but didn't find obvious design differences, actually that's why I decided to ask here.) There are plenty, but we'll give just one which is rather obvious to me: the flag. On the genuine, it's obvious that it's an actual flag, with the pattern of stars inside one recessed quadrant. On the fake, they're just stars, floating in space, with little or no evidence of any actual flag that the stars are supposed to be sitting on. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Slider23, where are the design differences between my photos and yours? (I found such photos and compared with mine before writing here but didn't find obvious design differences, actually that's why I decided to ask here.) This 1872 pattern is like a proof with mirrors that will have a solid strike. SAP makes a good point about the details of the flag, and the flag issue is not going to be from a poor strike. When I looked at the OP counterfiet, the first thing I noticed was the lack of details on the denticles on the reverse. Counterfiets often have the basic design of the genuine example, so it can fool the unexperienced buyer. As noted by SAP, there are more design issues on the OP counterfiet. Edited by Slider23
03/11/2019 12:18 am
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OK, I saw it, thanks again!
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