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Valued Member
United States
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I would like opinions about a coin while giving as little information as possible so as not to lead anyone to a particular opinion. What are your opinions of the condition, value and authenticity of the coin in the photos?   Perhaps I will be able to explain in a week or two. Thank you! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3540 Posts |
Your kidding....right?
This coin screams run. Or, at least punch a hole in it for a key chain. :)
At best - will grade as a genuine, corroded.
Believe it is fake - see the pictures here:
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At worst - fake - cast.
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Valued Member
United States
123 Posts |
Doesn't feel authentic to me. The fuzzy detail, pits and damage to the edges makes me think it might be casted.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1151 Posts |
I agree looks cast and fake, if not, it's been horribly cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1208 Posts |
Looks like someone polished it with a sander!
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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
3470 Posts |
its either a fake coin or cleaned to death  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
666 Posts |
I think it's a cast. I think it'd be next to impossible to clean and polish the chopmarks without losing more detail.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
In the pic it looks fake to me - a terrible job of engraving the details on Miss Liberty - the mimicry is not done well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4897 Posts |
I would bet it is magnetic.....
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1610 Posts |
Maybe real but it looks as if it was scrubbed with a metal brush, lol.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
I find the chopmarks to be very questionable, there are no corresponding bulges or the reverse from the application of the chops. Some of the Asian counterfeiters are now striking fake Trades with chopmarks, the only problem is that the "chopmarks" are on the dies used to strike the fakes and not a separate application that leaves tell-tale damage.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1510 Posts |
Monty Python
"Run away! Run away!"
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Pillar of the Community
United States
968 Posts |
I wish all Chinese fakes were so obvious. I think it is fake instead of cleaned because of the pitting, and especially the variation in detail on the coin. Some areas have lots of detail and others are nearly flat, but not in the way a normal wear pattern on that coin should look. I hope you didn't buy that coin thinking it was real.
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Valued Member
United States
289 Posts |
I can't write to as authenticity as some others here, but I inherited quite a few Morgan and Trade dollars that were polished and buffed by my grandfather. Mom said he had tried to polish them to a "new" finish. The one we have that's closest is a '76 Trade dollar which was buffed so thoroughly that I have no idea what grade it was previously. There is something odd about the rim on this one. The other thing after comparing ours to the pictures are the Eagle's breast. Our buffed '76 had equal smoothness on the wings as well as the breast, for what that's worth. |
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Valued Member
United States
382 Posts |
Cast, chrome plated, fake me thinks !
Tony
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This coin screams run. Or, at least punch a hole in it for a key chain. :) Not to good a suggestion. Might turn his keys green. If it melts easily, you might be able to use the Lead for soldier molds. |
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