Real Or Fake - Rare Canada 50 Cents Inc 1884, 1888, 1932, Etc. - Part 2

Nickleguy has already looked at the 1871 h and jas confirmed it is fake already.

I didn't confirm anything. I just smell fish. If you paid with a credit card, you best dispute the sale with your credit card company. I sure hope for the buyer that you didn't spend anything like the Buy it now price that was listed. C $250.00 or C $1,500.00 is what the listing says and that the item is no longer available.
The seller seems to be OK in other regards as far as the sales on ebay and feedback goes.
Maybe the seller is uneducated in coins. From the stuff they sold in the past, they look to me to be piecing out low value box lots from public auctions, or selling accumulations from Dad's hoarding.

Spot on andy. Lol she buys auction stuff and resells it out of a little store here in saskatchewan. An older lady in her 50's and knows less about coins than I do. I paid by money transfer 200 bucks per coin for a total of 4 coins. Ive already spoke to her and she is more than willing to give me my money back. So no worries there just wanted to be 100 percent sure they were fakes before I sent back.

The charlton caralouges say the mint used and repaired over 100 dies for these coins so I'm kinda clueless. Except what you guys have said so far. And ive referanced all five of my charlton books thus far.

Does the 1888 look fake as well ive used a 10x loupe. And it doesn't look grainy . I'm really at a loss of what to do.

I'm sorry to be blunt, but the coin looks grainy to me.

These are the easiest types of counterfeits to spot quickly.

There's no rocket science behind identifying these fake coins.

Especially now that you have a few 'in hand', it should make it even easier now when you compare one of these duds to a real half you hopefully have in your collection.

The surfaces should appear as different to you as a golf ball is to a billiard ball.

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