Another Phoney?

I can't understand how people bid on that thinking it was real.

It looks nothing like one:



I always look for a certified example when I am not certain.

Good grief--what a piece of junk--in every way!
It screams fake, but so many people buy on impulse.

Here is the ebay fake:



Here is an NCG graded coin:



The design on the fake is similar but not ever close.

As Candian-Banknotes stated, the coin has a very grainy look to it and the devices are wrong. So even if you are unsure of a design, knowing coins in general will always prove valuable because this particular thing would scream fake.

14ers,
Thanks for pointing the differences out.

I had just assumed that the un-crispness of the letters and numbers were due to wear.

In a case like this (after the auction has ended), would you point out to the seller, the buyer, or ebay that the coin is fake ?

The figure of LIBERTY is much too small (note how on the genuine the head extends up between the stars and foot nealy reaches the denticals) and the font of the date numerals is wrong and they are smaller than on the genuine coin. Not the top of the 1, the top loop of the 8 is larger then the bottom, on the genuine the lower loop is slightly larger. On the 7 the "stem" is almost straight and not well curved as on the genuine. The bottom of the 2 is nearly flat unlike the curve on the genuine. The denticals are large and uneven unlike the uniform denticals on the genuine coin. The rim had pronounced finning, which isn't a diagnostic feature in itself, but it is commonly seen on fakes and seldom, especially to that extreme, on genuine coins.