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Forum Dad
 United States
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Thoughts?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3283 Posts |
Sure why not.
VG10 details,harshly cleaned, questionable authenticity
Edited by upstate
11/15/2011 2:37 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4944 Posts |
In my opinion the coin is a counterfeit.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3283 Posts |
It certainly does scream "fake"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
The VDB is too big I think...looks fake to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1944 Posts |
my thought - sad. even if authentic - sad.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5854 Posts |
I agree with the consensus. This coin does not look right. My instincts say fake.
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Valued Member
United States
209 Posts |
First thing that I see is the date, the first "9" in 1909 looks to be tamperd with, compare the two 9s together..they look completely different, one fat and one skinny. The bottom of the first 9 fell off it looks like.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
I have a bad feeling about this one, and by bad feeling I mean that it looks fake.
Is it yours by any chance bobby?
Edited by VisigothKing
11/15/2011 4:21 pm
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Forum Dad
 United States
24176 Posts |
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Is it yours by any chance bobby? Sort of, it was sent to us by a consignment customer and it is indeed a struck counterfeit. Good eyes guys and gals.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7840 Posts |
I'm sorry I could not hear you over the screaming that this "coin" makes...FAKE!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19969 Posts |
VF20 damaged, definately fake...the VDB is completely wrong.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
642 Posts |
Definitely screams Fake. Looks like Lincoln was struck very soft in the fake die (bow-tie, front of bust almost gone, but not from wear) Date looks too big, and almost 'glued' on. And V.D.B. is too big, wrong shape, doesn't contour with the struck coin.
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Valued Member
United States
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I know I'm chiming in late but what tipped me off immediately, before I read any of the comments, is the nasty state of the reverse, but both wheat ears have such good detail. It just doesn't make sense.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1179 Posts |
One of the worst fakes I've seen! I mean, who are you fooling?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yeah...that one is pretty much off. The date is all wrong too.  It looks a bit like an ebay coin we discussed a while back:  |
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Posted 11/15/2011 2:42 pm
