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Pillar of the Community
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Great photo comparison there bobby.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Also, the 9 just looks wrong.  My first reaction too--so I went hunting for pics. Agreed on the proportions of the 3.  |
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Rest in Peace
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Interesting. Good call Bobby, I wouldn't have noticed that. Most of the ones I've seen were lower grade and near dateless. Definitely questionable, but I think it's worth the cost to send it in to ANACS or some such and be sure, there are thousands of dollars on the line here.
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Pillar of the Community
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DVCollector! Excellent forensic sleuthing! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah, that "9" looks way off.
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Pillar of the Community
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I actually think the 3 looks more off than the 9. To me, the lower portion of the 3.
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I'm not surprised in the least that this is fake.
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Pillar of the Community
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Shadow It may be suspect but has not yet been determined to be a fake. A TPG should make this determination. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Well...it's a shame when collectors join this forum only to get "bad news", even if helpful advice. A trusted TPG should make the final call on authenticity. I hope they'll have good news for you. TPGs may be accurate on authentication but they're not ominpresent. Forums like CCF are invaluable to share knowledge, educate ourselves, and to develop a critical eye towards coins. We can't take any coin at face value these days.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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That is why I am hesitant to call it a fake as this is not my area of specialty. But I looked through Breen and some auction records and do not find this die variety.
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Pillar of the Community
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My suggestion to you would be to go to a big coin show and take it to a TPG there. I know we have one coming to town in a few weeks and PCGS is always there. They give verbal opinions and have been very helpful to me. The one lady that did mine said she was 100% certain my three legged buffalo was authentic and she would submit it for me. I just wanted to make sure it was real since I put it into a folder. Still extremely helpful. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I did a little more legwork, and looked up the die pairs for the 1793 chain cent. There are just 4 die pairs (S-1 to S-4), where the date postion/styles are covered by my group of pics on page 1. Here's an updated pic of the 4 die pairs date positions:  Edited by DVCollector
06/04/2011 3:06 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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wow  great photos and reading, lots of comments on the 3 and 9 how come no comments on the thingy on-top front of 7 not on die set photos ? will TGP do an alloy test? just new here |
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Well, that pretty much solidifies it as fake, unless there is some weird exception. That is really too bad  . Do you remember where you got it Brickellcat? Any chance you could return it? |
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Tom Reynolds could tell you instantly without even sending it to a TPG. Send him these pics and weight of the coin. swcoin.ecrater.com
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