I know someone who has found what turned out to be a class 3 1804 silver dollar. It was found 8" underground with a metal detector. It was sent in for authentication and was returned with instructions to return it to the Federal Government. Any advice on this? I understand well the history of the coin. It appears to be a minted counterfiet coin.
if you could post a photo we could give you a better idea of wether or not it is counterfiet we have a counterfiet expert as a member and he might be able to tak a look at the photo
Sent in for authentication where? The normal grading services would not have advised turning it over to the government, and if it was sent to the SS or the Mint it would not have been returned if it was a fake.
Have to agree with conder on this one, I would also like to know who the grader was " as a side note" conder is very knowledgeable about the TPG that are out there his research on them is well known to many of us.
Is it possible that the instructions were not to return it to the Federal Government, but to send it to someone at the mint and/or Secret Service for identification? I was reading that this is what happened when grading services didn't want to certify a 1959-D Wheat Back Penny. And yes, pics would be great.
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