1800 Draped Bust Dollar

Every now and then life tends to hand us a big ole dose of humility. Granted it's not usually shared with a bunch of strangers via an internet forum, but nothing surprises me anymore. It's so hard to know who to trust anymore in this world, and add negativity on top of that and and it's kind of explosive. I do deeply apologize if I offended anyone in this thread. I let my emotions get the best of me.

A refund is not an option, so it's just one of life lessons learned and not the end of the world. And it certainly isn't going to scare me away from the hobby. I'm blessed to have a desk job that provides me some free time throughout the day to learn and play. And I've always received good advice here at this forum. Thanks guys and God Bless.

MajorPat, do you know which local dealer / LCS he showed it to? If so, ask them if they told him it was a fake.

Granted that the OP's item is a fake that many of us have seen, I beg to differ with this statement. I've a great many serious, dealer and collector friends who've been fooled by a purchase at some time or another. Back in the late seventies. I bought two raw gold pieces from a longtime dealer who assured me that they were genuine. I completed the purchase, given his promise that I could return them within two weeks; this, giving me time to consult a more knowledgeable dealer friend about them. They proved to be real gold but fakes made in the Middle East, I was told. The coins were returned, and I was refunded.

I once heard a lamenting dealer utter these words at a coin show: "If I don't buy a bad coin every once in a while, I'm not doing enough business." The coin he was referring to amounted to a $2,800 loss! ..... Great attitude, I'd say, eh what?

@ MajorPatW .... Your loss saddens us all. Never lose sight of the fact that the great majority of folks on the CCF want to both learn from and be helpful to other collectors. I appreciate that you're weathering the storm and staying with us.

I guess it's good for you to know that your neighbor is a scammer. Tough lesson but it's happened to a lot of us.

I think my neighbor knew as well. He's not a close neighbor, and I don't know him well, I just got over zealous. Honestly, in the big scheme of things, this is minor compared to some of the stupid decisions I've made in my life. We won't go there. LOL. With age comes experience and the best definition of experience I've ever heard is "it's enables you too recognize the mistake when you make it a second time" Life goes on.

Personally, I'd not recommend doing this. Over many years now, I "built" a black cabinet of fake and altered coins, tokens, etc. I've long used them at club meetings, shows and elsewhere to educate other collectors. I've also penned numerous articles about them, publi.shed in a number of club newsletters. Collectors and dealers much need to study and learn to recognize these bad items .... Just my take.

I will add , an obvious fake as noted .
You don't have to put up with a neighbour's Bull .
Go back knock on the door demand your money
Back . In my opinion he knowingly uttered a fake
Legal Tender US coin ( a USA silver Dollar )
This violates several laws in itself.
Next visit should be from your local Sherriff accompanied
by the Secret Service ,