1916-D Real Or Fake?

Okay thanks Captain, I thought the mint mark looked like the type 4 style since it has the same serif marks and is about the right distance from the bottom of the coin and the angle seems okay.

Okay, captain, last pictures, zoom in of mint mark, does the mint mark still look off? Thanks anyone who can answer.

Here's a picture of a real 1916-D mintmark from a similar-grade coin.



Look at the shape of the center. Completely different from the coin you have pictured. There are enough other problems with the coin to show it's a fake even if the mintmark was closer to correct.

If you know the person selling that coin well enough, why not just ask if you could send it to a TPGS for authenticating. If he agrees, tell him you will pay for that service and if real, you'll pay him for the coin. If not, he pays for the TPGS. This way you have nothing to loose and everything to gain.
The biggest problem with the 16D is it is one of the Worlds most counterfeited coins. Such fakes pop up everywhere. Today without being authenticated such coins are just not worth the chance spending a lot of money. I've seen so many raw ones at coin shows and they are basically ignored due to some fakes are so good, many dealers can not tell.
If you know him well enough, he should agree to having it authenticated.