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Valued Member
Germany
321 Posts |
What do you think,is this fake? I know,fotos are not good,they are from internet,and I don't have another.  |
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Valued Member
United States
300 Posts |
I don't know enough about Three Cent pieces to know if it's fake or not, but it looks like it has some nice die cracks on the reverse. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36710 Posts |
All the die breaks make me feel like the coin might be real but hard to tell from sure from these photos. The coin appears to have been cleaned and it looks like there might be some rim damage on the obverse. This is a common date so doubt it is counterfeit.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1374 Posts |
I would agree with IndianGoldEagle. The 1881 date looks authentic; the 81 for this year's punches were kind of crooked.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1770 Posts |
judging from the picture it looks good date looks right as well
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8904 Posts |
Edited by Moe145
09/06/2012 5:49 pm
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Valued Member
 Germany
321 Posts |
Thanks for your opinions,but
I compared pics. and decided not to buy this coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36710 Posts |
I think you made a good decision passing on it as the coin had problems.
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Valued Member
Germany
321 Posts |
This coin sales for 30 euro,and I think I'll find another one soon,without those problems.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
Is it normal the obverses to have such little detail?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8904 Posts |
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Is it normal the obverses to have such little detail? Yes, it is pretty normal. The dies for these nickel (an extremely hard metal) coins wore out quickly and fine details were lost pretty early on. Also you'll find many die cracks appeared as the dies deteriorated much quicker than the US Mint had been used to with copper and silver coins with which they they had much more experience. |
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Posted 09/06/2012 2:44 pm
I don't see any obvious counterfeit characteristics, but your date does appear to be much lower and closer to the denticles than mine... 
