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New Member
United States
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New to coins, and wanted opinions. Is it real, or counterfeit? I have attached pics. Thank you all for your help, and valuable time. Jason   Edited by Jason Alan
08/07/2018 03:08 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8521 Posts |
That's not an O that's a D for Dahlonega. Looks real to me but I'm no expert with gold . If it's real it's worth quite a bit. Hopefully indiangoldeagle will see this, he's pretty sharp.
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Edited by 52Raymo
08/07/2018 02:27 am
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New Member
United States
37 Posts |
Not Genuine. The "D" does not match the type or position used for this date. Open 10 different auctions of 1852 D gold dollars on Heritage and you will see. The date is also not correct. The numeral 8 is much too large.
Edited by Feuchtwanger
08/07/2018 02:49 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
IMO there's a reasonable chance that's it's real.
If so, you've got a goodie (~$2K).
When those that know take a look they'll want better pictures.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Jason- Sorry to say yours is counterfeit. Whenever you want to see if a coin is counterfeit, just do a side by side comparison with a genuine coin. As you can see, as previously mentioned, the MM is wrong and the 8 is too high. Also if you look at the style of the 5, they are different. I have also found on these counterfeits that some of the berries have no stem although that is hard to see on your photo.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8715 Posts |
Looks like a fake to me, unfortunately.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
I agree. While the obverse is rather well done, the reverse is an easy fake to spot.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5029 Posts |
 It does seem to be counterfeit. A good conversation piece or placeholder if you plan on getting the real deal. A Dahlonega mint gold coin would be a very nice coin for any collection in my mind. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There are probably more fake one dollar gold coins out in coinland than there are real ones. That's sad, but a reality in the world we live in today.
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Valued Member
United States
58 Posts |
The rim looks odd. I would lean more towards fake.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1788 Posts |
I remember this coin. It was an auction on ebay. Date and MM are very wrong, it is a fake. |
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Valued Member
United States
383 Posts |
Date and mintmark are biggest the biggest giveaway that the coin is bogus.
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Bedrock of the Community
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There are probably more fake one dollar gold coins out in coinland than there are real ones. That's sad, but a reality in the world we live in today. Sad but very likely true. C and D especially should be bought graded by anyone who isn't a true specialist in the series Edited by basebal21
08/07/2018 10:58 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That obverse strike is screwed.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Lots of negative replies and none for a real coin so sounds like not to good. Have you weighed it?
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New Member
 United States
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Never weighed it. I need to purchase a scale
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