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Valued Member
Canada
77 Posts |
This coin was offered to me earlier today and I am not sure if it is real. Comments please  |
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Valued Member
United States
282 Posts |
I don't know Trade dollars well enough but I do know photos. You should upload a larger and better quality pic than this one or will get no responses. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2023 Posts |
Would help to see the reverse as well.
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Valued Member
 Canada
77 Posts |
I do not have the coin. This is the pic sent to me by the seller. I do not have a pic of the other side either.
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Forum Dad
 United States
24161 Posts |
I'd stay away then, these are one of the most counterfeited coins on the planet.
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Valued Member
Canada
77 Posts |
I have aske the seller to send me cleare pics of both sides.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Let us know. Do be careful - buying a raw Trade dollar is risky business these days. |
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
1358 Posts |
With a pic that would even make ants look for a microscope and no pic of the reverse, I'd stay away from this one as far as possible.
Nevertheless, how much does the seller ask for it?
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Valued Member
Canada
77 Posts |
I have now seen pics of both sides. It has a Type 2 Obverse with a Type 2 Reverse. Is there still a chance that it is fake. The asking price is $200 Canadian dollars.
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Valued Member
United States
171 Posts |
Trade dollars are counterfeited like mad... do not trust it without large quality pictures and figuring out the diagnostics... The Chinese are pumping these out like nobody's business....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
You can find a 1877 VF 30 for under $200 in a slab and a XF 45 for around $300 US dollars. Do not buy a raw Trade dollar unless you have a trusted source. |
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Valued Member
Canada
77 Posts |
These are the best and most recent pics that the seller has sent to me. Both sides are Type 2 which is correct. Is there still a chance that it can be fake.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3516 Posts |
There is always a chance for something to be faked, I'm not familiar with these and there authenticity though.
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Valued Member
United States
282 Posts |
Maybe I got lucky but the last three raw Trade dollars I bought from random sellers on ebay all made it into NGC slabs. I was fully expecting at least one of the three to be fake. Edited by syeb
06/23/2016 2:14 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
The following would give me concern about the coin's authenticity: I only see three fingers in the hand holding the branch and the stem in the branch appears thick. The arrows held by the eagle's claw are thick and jagged. The details in the eagle wings are not sharp.
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Valued Member
United States
344 Posts |
 also don't take my word for it but the feathers look a little odd. |
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Posted 06/21/2016 3:22 pm
