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 Posted 06/13/2012  7:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The first three are really bad copies. I agree with the rest of you that the last two Morgans look genuine.
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 Posted 06/13/2012  8:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

This is one of those not so easy to tell things. From the photos only, everything is sort of a guess. You should try a magnet to them and if it reacts, that one is a fake. Although this is far from the only test. Some fakes are made with the exact materials as the originals since they are to be sold as collector items. Some fakes look real and some real coins look fake.
As you said though your intent is to sell them all. You should do everything possible to find out if real or fake prior to atempting to sell. If you can not tell yourself, try to find a coin store near you and just ask. Do not say your selling them, you just want to know about them. The reason is if you mention selling them, you might get all sorts of odd stories.
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 Posted 06/23/2012  4:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mkman123 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
How do we know they are fake? Well the 1804 if real would be worth in the hundreds of thousands, low chance that you have a real raw one as most are slabbed now and have a known provenance.
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 Posted 06/23/2012  8:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Classic Coin Guy 661 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
one of the Morgan dollars looks real, the other appear to be counterfeits. not even good counterfeits at that. you have a 30 dollar coin if the morgan is real. sorry to break the bad news to you!
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 Posted 06/23/2012  8:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Classic Coin Guy 661 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
by the way, I dislike fake coins. can not stand them. sorry you got got and bought them.
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Welcome! As mentioned, Draped Bust and Morgan dollars (CC), are heavily counterfeited by the Chinese. I suggest you never buy raw.
Tell tale signs are the mushy, lack luster, chalky surfaces; as well as the cast bubbles seen under a loupe as well as design elements totally wrong for the series...and weight.
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Are most of the counterfeits coming out of China or have they been around for some time?
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