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That's an "1804 dollar". It's not very likely.
You are very unlikely to own an 1804 dollar that is genuine.
Looks fake to me.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
5396 Posts |
Chinese junk !
Laughable piece of pot metal .
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
588 Posts |
I guess a lil homework would've told me, had I bothered to even look up the value or rarity! But that's why I'm here! I didn't remember my sis even getting the thing, my mother mentioned it to me, then I text sis for pics, put em straight on here, without looking up anything
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United States
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I guess a lil homework would've told me Yes, but we are here to help you learn. It's all good. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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United States
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but what part of the coin was screaming fake to you? Just from the obverse, the denticals are wrong, the letter font is wrong, the star size is wrong, the date size and font is wrong, and the bust size is too small. This is what a genuine one looks like  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
588 Posts |
Yea I can see what you're saying putting em side by side by side. She lives over 17 hours from here, probably, my first time to see it was in those pics, never had it in my hands! Guess I never realized the work counterfeiters have put into making fakes, not to mention some somewhat specialized equipment they must have, to produce a fake! I'm assuming this isn't something one could do with a cpl hand tools and some scrap metal, over the weekend in his garage?
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United States
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My sis is gonna be the one upset!! He didn't give that one to me! Maybe your grandfather gave your sister other coins you don't know about...  |
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United States
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Guess I never realized the work counterfeiters have put into making fakes Welcome to the modern world of coin collecting and counterfeits. I think it would be difficult to find any coin from any year that the Chinese have not faked. Your coin costs less than $2 on a website we're not allowed to mention. There are 14 separate listings for this 1804 over there right now. You have to be very careful these days. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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"Hey Frank, we got another fake 1804 Silver Dollar. Do you want this one? Mike grabbed the last one..."
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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United States
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And I've already asked and that was only one he's given her, he probably knew it wasn't real, which explains why it wasn't in his safety deposit box! Plus as far as I know, I'm the only grandkid he took to see it and I've asked 2 of his 3 kids and they'd never seen the contents! Haven't asked the oldest kid! I was too young to realize what I was looking at but can remember being in awe
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Which makes sense, everyone knows I'm his fav
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Guess I never realized the work counterfeiters have put into making fakes, not to mention some somewhat specialized equipment they must have, to produce a fake! I'm assuming this isn't something one could do with a cpl hand tools and some scrap metal, over the weekend in his garage? Here's a photo from one of the Chinese counterfeiting rings...pretty sophisticated stuff, indeed! 
"If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough."
--- Mario Andretti
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