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Valued Member
 United States
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Well I'm going to the San Jose coin club meeting tomorrow and we'll see what they say...
It is not enough to merely enjoy coins; one must Advocate for them!
Edited by CoinAdvocate
06/13/2018 2:16 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Disregard my previous opinion. I was using an iPad and I had a photo of a real Trade dollar open. I was looking at both your coin and the other one at the same time, and I got them confused. Sorry about that. This one looks fake. Portrait, denticles, bubbles in fields, and classic Chinese artificial patina. Edited by SilverDollar2017
06/13/2018 01:17 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I can't get over the liberty's grill. Nose job gone terribly wrong. That thing looks like it could cut glass.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I've not had a great deal of experience with these, but I'm not convinced it's a fake without further corroborating evidence.  Edited by Coinfrog
06/13/2018 6:44 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4471 Posts |
If the coin is counterfeit the cast was made from a grade of approx VF35 as the wear on the coin is typical of a VF35, and this grade has not been typical of the Trade dollar Chinese fakes. I checked the Chinese fake sites and could not find a like example. The coin has mussy details when compared to a genuine example, the Chinese patina, pot marks in the fields, a trough under dollar on the reverse, some strange uneven rims on the reverse, questionable denticles. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck. Edited by Slider23
06/14/2018 08:50 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36880 Posts |
The look looked good to me until I noticed that surface dip under the lettering around the reverse near the rim. This one is very deceiving but I think it is one I would pass on.
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06/14/2018 10:01 am
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Valued Member
United States
141 Posts |
This coin was successfully returned due to the good nature of the dealer I bought it from. No questions asked, if anything he was embarrassed about the whole situation.
It is not enough to merely enjoy coins; one must Advocate for them!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
Well that's good. Did he concur that it was a counterfeit?
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Valued Member
United States
141 Posts |
He wasn't sure, so he said he would pass it on to an expert.
It is not enough to merely enjoy coins; one must Advocate for them!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
719 Posts |
It doesn't look right to me, and the rim dings don't help. Glad the dealer took it back!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1353 Posts |
It looks like tis is a fake...glad dealer took it back
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Valued Member
United States
97 Posts |
Perhaps, you should have let the dealer send it in for you. I see nothing on the coin that looks fake. The coin is not cast, the die break around the bottom of the reverse is LDS. Oh well, the experts here know more about it then me, I just collect the series.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I see nothing on the coin that looks fake. The coin is not cast, the die break around the bottom of the reverse is LDS. Oh well, the experts here know more about it then me, I just collect the series. The denticles are off. The portrait is off. The fields are porous. There is a surface dip on the lower reverse. There are four obvious issues with this piece, I believe it is almost certainly a fake. Perhaps you could enlighten us as to why you think it is not? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Leaning towards fake on this one. The overall appearance and wear patterns appear to be a bit off in my opinion. Quite deceptive, not the ordinary counterfeit.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Afewmorecents.. perhaps you could post pics of a few of yours. You might have some counterfeits.
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