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Hi, The photos are too small to look for specific diagnostics, but here is one online that you might be able to check yourself. The Die state will determine the possibility of them even being there. Lange's book except from google. This is an excellent book to own! http://books.google.com/books?id=Rz...=2&ct=resultJim |
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Oh Sorry, where are my manners, Welcome to the forum!
Jim
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It is worth sending that coin in for authentication. Try ANACS or ICG.
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Edited by KurtS
09/11/2008 6:30 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Closer images of the Motto, Nose, Date & LIBERTY might help.
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Hi and Welcome,
I would want to see larger pictures as well but it seems to be OK. Again, I have to stress that I can not be positive without seeing the coin "up close" but I don't find anything glaringly wrong with the obverse.
Thanks,
Bill
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Hi
That looks good to me.
Send it off to ANACS
The heck with pcgs or ngc
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Under a microscope you should be able to see a hair-thin raised line just to the left of the vertical shaft of T in CENT. This line is doubled near the crossbar and single further down. It is the result of die polishing and is so close to the T that it is visible even in worn examples. All genuine '55 double die cents have this marker. I agree that your coin looks genuine in your photos. The reverse rim toning might raise questions about cleaning. Grade-wise this looks like AU-50 or better. I agree with Indian1: send it to ANACS and you will know for sure! It's very nice coin. If you bought it years ago it is probably worth a lot more than you paid!  Oh, welcome aboard! |
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It looks real, but it has been cleaned and will not grade at PCGS or NGC. Best bet is ANACS where they will put it into a 'genuine' holder if they agree that it is.
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How can you tell if it has been cleaned?
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Thanks for your opinions and particularly the source references. After looking at the pictures of the real thing, I do not see the telltale "X" to the left of the "T", though the reference said it might not be there depending on the die state. The obverse looks like a convincing match under my microscope, but, as one forum member noted, the coin appears to have been polished, which could account for the original die marks missing. Or, it simply is a fake. When a dealer showed it to me at a coin show many, many years ago, it never occurred to me that the coin wasn't the real thing. I'll send the coin off to ANACs to see what they think. Thanks again for your feedback, I appreciate the collective knowledge available in this forum. Jim.
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Welcome JJPARKER_ONLINE. Hoping for you it's the real deal.
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How do I know it has been cleaned?
The coin is the wrong color and texture to be original...as in 'not cleaned'.
I'm not saying it's fake, because it does appear to be a genuine coin.
The most obvious tell-tale signs of a struck counterfeit are not there - thin, wire rim or a squared off rim. Shallow details, or the details are the wrong shape or size. It also doesn't look like a cast counterfeit. Those are usually pitted, and don't look 'solid'. This particular coins appears to have the right details in the right places, but it's the wrong color and looks 'waxy'. A given that it has been dipped, treated, and chemically altered to be what it is now.
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