Is My 1935 Texas Commemorative Authentic?

I'm not a dedicated student of Counterfeit Detection, so I would never present myself as an expert in the field. I do try, however, to be knowledgeable about the design characteristics of each commemorative coin and try to be aware of those with known counterfeits.

All that said, based on the images provided, I don't see this particular Texas as a counterfeit. I would attribute the minor differences seen to one or more of the following: the various stages a die goes through over its useful life, strike quality, different dies or lighting while imaging. With the 1935-D, only 10,000 coins were struck, so the number of different production dies used was likely very small â€" a single pair would have been capable of striking the full run, but more may have been used.

I'll defer to the CCF experts, but I say this one is OK.

@Billibridge: May I ask why you are "skeptical" about the coin's authenticity?

Lordy, that is one wicked nice coin. High # MS for sure.

Thanks again for all the replies. As to your question commem, I was skeptical because I am new to collecting and had purchased this raw on ebay. I was worried that I had made a costly mistake (and now stick to slabbed coins because of my inexperience). I feel a great relief knowing with some confidence now the coin I like so much is authentic. I hope to become more knowledgeable before buying in the future and have learned quite a bit from my short time browsing this forum.

P.S. It took a while to get the courage to post here as my lack of knowledge can make this forum somewhat intimidating.

I understand completely. While ebay can be a great source for coins (and many other things!), not all coins being sold are as advertised.

Like nickelsearcher said, everyone here on CCF was "new" at some point -- take advantage of the collective knowledge here and ask as many questions as you'd like!