2008 Silver Eagle 2007 Reverse Question

I've been looking for one on ebay. No luck so far.

I just noticed something. The 2008 that Bushface posted is a fake.

If it's the slab, it's not a TPG slabbed coin. The slab is a friction fit with a core similar to an NGC core but I can easily open and close it. The color is the result of poor lighting in my office. Thx

There was another post on this from May 2020.

http://goccf.com/t/374433

I believe these do exist.

My opinion it's a fake, and they wouldnt' have caught the reverse change in 2008 and assumed it would have the same reverse of 2007. it's 2020, no authentic Bullion (without Mintmark version has appeared or been acknowledged by the mint, they did admit since 2008 of striking approx. 47,000 Burnished with the W mintmark with a 2007 reverse die.

Why I think Conder101 thinks it's fake is because it's now been established that all 2008 bullion coins (without mintmark) with the 2007 reverse are fakes.

the field behind the stars in the flag look completely wrong also, the coin overall has a speckled look to the surfaces like a sand casting would also.
just a couple observations.

My opinion Bushface, the one RDuke1981 posted is faked. Obverse with cert number for a 2008 but cert number doesn't have pictures on NGC site, then he posted a picture of the back side of a 2007.

Real Silver eagles in both cases I believe, just two of them used, trying to sell the "bullion coins had reverse of 2007 also!" story. He had 2 post total since april, both on the same day on this thread.

Probably hoping to sucker someone into a scam on here. and give one of the China fakes instead.

it's a common tactic where you can't verify the front and back, there was one posted on NGC forum a while back, when you put the cert# number in, it clearly had the reverse of 2008 in the picture on NGC site, but he posted a different reverse on the forum.

Anyways, it's been 12 years, you'd think it would have been attributed by now if it actually exited and wasn't the counterfeits.


One more thing Bushface, the date was shrunk in 2008 on the front off the coin. it was smaller than the date in your picture. your "8" especially goes from rim to line under the feet, an authentic 2008 should fit in there nicely with plenty of space top and bottom of the 8.

This is probably the biggest giveaway to it being counterfeit. the date is wrong for the year of the coin.

yes, if you are returning it, clearest way to point it out is the date, it's wrong and there is no arguing about that for them,
it's too big compared to an authentic 2008, especially the "8". they can argue soft strike or grainy photo or some such nonsense, but that 8 didn't "grow".
hahahaha! Sorry you got boned, but at least you know now.

That seals it. 100%