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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like the denticles on Liberty's arm and belly.  I agree that it looks "off," but it's a pretty good fake if that it indeed is. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I did find a match to the reverse on Alibaba...first S in STATES has an exact gouge match up to yours.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Isn't the uneven spacing of the denticles vis a vis the edge a red flag, at least for this late an issue?
Colligo ergo sum
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Pillar of the Community
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I have no clue. Just the things I see and heard thats all I know. The things I check on these kind of coins. Is the weight, ping, magnet and thats it. And sometimes you see big stranges but with this coin not that much in first place.
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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I don't like the weak 'E' and 'L' of 'ONE DOL' - it doesn't look like genuine wear, and I'd have expected a genuine weak strike to have affected other parts of the design. But I agree - it's a very good forgery.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't like the weak 'E' and 'L' of 'ONE DOL' - it doesn't look like genuine wear,... The alibaba coin also has the weak E and L along with the large period after Dol. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for posting this piece. The edge cuts were perhaps inflicted to see if it was silver plated. What's the weight?
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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Thanks all for the comments. I am not home at this moment. I have some of the coins with me but not this particulair piece. If I am correct it weights like 1 gram less. But because of the edge has some damage. It could of been like 1 gram that was missing. If I am home in 2 weeks I try to make pictures of the edge aswell.
52Raymo can you post a picture of the alibaba coin? for coomparing?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'd like to see the alibaba coin as well. This is a rather impressive fake. If the weight was correct and struck from the proper alloy I would probably have accepted it. The odd field texture tot he left of the wing is a little odd but not enough for me to condemn it. But a second coin with the exact same contact marks and weaknesses would.
Would also be good to know the exact weight.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Try this...ht tp://w ww.aliexpress.com/item-img/1843-Seated-Liberty-Dollar/755392856.html
Looks like you'll have to remove some spaces out of the link.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
Edited by 52Raymo
06/20/2014 09:39 am
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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I have an feeling for your example is used another material. More darkness on one side. But the E from one dollar has some wear aswell.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Look at the first S in states on yours and the Alibaba example.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Chinese counterfeiters are known to use different metals with the same dies.
However, as far as counterfeits go, that's a beauty. :-)
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
847 Posts |
I tryed with paint to compare them. But the kind of image aint working to post.
The E looks different then the S. If you take an closer look. So it aint exactly the same I think.. The S is indeed both whe an small cut on the same place.
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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Hello, I did put it on a scale. It weights 25,78 Grams.
Normal weight of these coins is 26,73 grams.
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