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14ers Valued Member United States 230 Posts	Posted 11/30/2013 08:56 am I spotted this on ebay with less than five minutes left on the auction. Looks suspicious to me. Any opinions? http://www.ebay.com/itm/35094019066....m1423.l2648 Report this Post to the Staff

kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 11/30/2013 09:14 am I think it's okay. It's just that the toning looks "unusual". Not necessarily retoned; just different. But if I have to ask myself the question "Is it okay" then I pass on the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
wheatchaser140 Pillar of the Community United States 2368 Posts	Posted 11/30/2013 09:14 am Might be a lead forgery. Report this Post to the Staff
14ers Valued Member United States 230 Posts	Posted 11/30/2013 09:47 am The denticles on the reverse are what concern me. The ones about in the 5:00 position look a bit odd to me as well as the ones at about 8:00. There is a little rim ding just to the left of the very top and for some reason it too looks a bit odd to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 11/30/2013 1:07 pm I don't trust it, the stars surrounding the 5, they have no to not much lines in it. AU-53 for one side, VF-35 for the other... Report this Post to the Staff
Chancellor Sutler Pillar of the Community United States 1372 Posts	Posted 11/30/2013 2:33 pm Guenuine, but corroded from spending time in the ground when nearly new. At some point, it spent some time in a bowl of tarn-x. I know the look ... because I have treated some V nickels that I have dug, as well as a couple dug buffalos ... and they have the same grainy appearance. I sincerely doubt that a fake would reproduce the obverse die cracks. Chance Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7655 Posts	Posted 11/30/2013 2:39 pm Looks pitted. Might have been buried. Some kinda environmental damage. Report this Post to the Staff
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