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dans1950 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 06/19/2008 11:27 am i didnt pay to much for them. I will take them to a coin dealer and see what he says. thanks for all the help guys Report this Post to the Staff
madzdad71 Valued Member United States 377 Posts	Posted 06/19/2008 12:16 pm Let us know what happens with a dealer. I'm interested to know about the 2nd 1885 morgan. The first one looks like her neck touches the rim, but the second one looks okay. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 06/19/2008 12:19 pm Quote: Even some counterfeits can have some monetary value as long as they are sold as such. That's an important point. Part of the wonderful diversity of numismatics is that there's a collector for almost any variant. Certain counterfeits, especially "contemporary" ones (those created while the counterfeited money is still circulating) have a collector's value of their own, and at the very least it's possible to contribute to the public body of knowledge regarding them. As long as you know what you have, there's certainly a silver lining to this dark cloud. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 06/19/2008 2:19 pm I'd say every single one of them is fake. Report this Post to the Staff
regularguy Valued Member United States 187 Posts	Posted 06/28/2008 6:13 pm Hi dans1950. Today is 6/28/08. Did you get your coins to a dealer for evaluation yet? I am really curious to find out what the final answer is on them...... Report this Post to the Staff
robocoin Valued Member United States 65 Posts	Posted 06/28/2008 7:20 pm I've only been looking at morgans for 2 weeks and they didn't look right to me. I am going to buy my RedBook soon. Monday is payday then it's off to Amazon! Report this Post to the Staff
Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 06/28/2008 7:36 pm What doesn't look right to you? You might also want to buy a Counterfeit Detection book also in addition to your Red Book. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16677 Posts	Posted 06/28/2008 7:46 pm I'm with conder101, they look like "copys" to me. The Flowing Hair and Morgans just don't look right. They look like they could be silver or silver plated though. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
jfransch Pillar of the Community United States 1801 Posts	Posted 06/29/2008 11:18 pm Hello Dans1950 Sorry to tell you, though I think you have guessed by now, these are all fakes. There have even been articles in the LA TImes newspaper about these fakes being sold in the skid row area of LA and local merchants reporting them to the police thinking they are from a stolen collection. One of my friends has this whole group plus about 6 you don't show, he paid $3 each just to have them as display coins in his store. If you have any doubt, just get a good scale and weigh them, they won't even be close to true weight. Nice curiosity pieces but not legit coins. Report this Post to the Staff
PennehChaos Valued Member United States 311 Posts	Posted 07/01/2008 12:07 pm Quote: Let us know what happens with a dealer. I'm interested to know about the 2nd 1885 morgan. The first one looks like her neck touches the rim, but the second one looks okay. That second Morgan is pretty good. I had to bring up some large images from coinzip to compare it to. A few points to look at- Obverse- Look carefully at PLURIBUS. It shows thickness and extra material in the horizontal part of the L, and the S is very thick compared to a real coin. Second star from bottom, left side is almost gone with no associated wear anywhere around it Reverse- look at the rim between 12 and 1 o'clock. It's razor-sharp, so much so that there's actually a small ridge that looks like a casting line. Compare it to the rim at 5 and 10 o'clock, which is almost flattened- the huge difference in rim condition isn't reflected in the rest of the wear areas. Despite having the appearance of being worn smooth, the eagle's head still has very high relief, as do the arrow fletchings Wingtips are almost too sharply defined compared to the rest of the eagle In addition, the rim seems much wider on the reverse than the obverse. Strange to see a fairly good forgery like that mixed in with the one with the Indian Head cent portrait on it... Edited by PennehChaos 07/01/2008 12:12 pm Report this Post to the Staff
KinteSmith Valued Member United States 58 Posts	Posted 07/01/2008 6:07 pm I'm sure that the easiest way to tell if they are fake, is to test if they are magnetic. If so they are fake. KS Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 07/01/2008 6:21 pm "...test if they are magnetic" --or chocolate inside, that would be a clue too. Report this Post to the Staff
Steamwalker Valued Member United States 201 Posts	Posted 07/01/2008 6:30 pm That too. :) Report this Post to the Staff
KinteSmith Valued Member United States 58 Posts	Posted 07/01/2008 6:33 pm LOL Kurt S. Here are some obvious fakes that my step daughter got me for Father's Day. Image: fake1.jpg 29.62 KB Image: fake2.jpg 31.77 KB Image: fake3.jpg 8.7 KB Image: fake4.jpg 6.88 KB Report this Post to the Staff
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