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Valued Member
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
975 Posts |
Wow that is insane! Sure dont need any visual aid to see that! Nice!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6116 Posts |
This one doesn't look good to me. Obverse is soft and seems to not match the reverse in wear, but biggest problem may be with the ER of AMERICA on the reverse. Looks like a problem with the E and a die chip on the R. I do not know of those as markers on this die. Plus the left and right lower edges of the memorial seem to be sliding away.
It may just be the lighting or similar, but I see flags and this one may need even sharper images and a much larger image of the reverse as it is too small to really see things.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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first look at it too, I didnt like it.
the reverse was too clean except for the steps and E in AMERICA?
and the obverse looked a little to pitted for me and the details were soft.
just seems like it was casted.
yes, better pictures to get me to bite on this coin.
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Moderator
 United States
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Something doesn't seem right about it. Weight? John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4404 Posts |
I'm thinking fake for the same reasons as TB. Reverse isn't right whatsoever.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4404 Posts |
If it's casted it's 100% fake.
The US Mint doesn't cast coins.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10635 Posts |
What do you pay for this, if we may ask? To me it screams fake as well. Will your LCS allow you to return it? Sometimes if it's too good to be true, it usually is.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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No I actually didn't pay anything. I had a few doubles of some tokens (that the shop owner collects) so I just traded those and got to pick a few out of the bin and this just happened to be one of them and I got a few silver dimes....
So if the weight is on point, how do I know if it's been casted or if it's legit?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A cast coin has a mottled, broken surface quality to it. Yours has this look. If your LCS had this in its junk bin, most likely the dealer knew it wasn't real, otherwise they would have held onto it. Take it to a different coin shop for another "in person" opinion. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Your deformation will not give you 0.10gr difference. When is cast the surface look like sandy due to the material use in casting. Nice fake, An SEM-EDX analysis will give you the provenience of the coin.
Edited by silviosi
01/16/2022 4:48 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Edited by coop
01/16/2022 6:40 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Fun conversation. The item just doesn't look/feel right.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5887 Posts |
Doesn't look good to me either. In my opinion I think this is a counterfeit.
-CH27
Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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United States
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I say there are enough obvious surface markers to say this is not an authentic coin.
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