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Valued Member
United States
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Got this today in a lot of coins, was shocked. Always a bit concerned about counterfeiting but it looks good to me. Let me know if I'm missing something.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Something doesn't look right with this coin. Have you checked it with a magnet and weighed it yet?
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Valued Member
 United States
397 Posts |
Non-magnetic, will weigh it when I get home tonight
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What do you think doesn't look right ?
Looks good to me at first examine.
1928 is key to series could be good find. Looks to be F-XF to me.
Edited by denco7
12/21/2012 2:28 pm
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
It looks good to me, feels good in my hand, however I am always shy about valuable coins as I was burnt by a 1916-D last year.
However I've NEVER EVER bought a bag of coins (And I've bought truly random bags of morgans/peace dollars from estates) and never ended up with anything as nice as this appears to be.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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here's a scary replica that would fool the average collector who does not study the series...bounce this aginst yours and look for any similarities or differences  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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The surfaces look somewhat porous.
Edited by dave700x
12/21/2012 3:07 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3453 Posts |
 , something does not look right - too grainy (could be the photo). I am not a Peace expert so I look forward to additional opinions and seeing what the weight is. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is the font of the letters that does not seem right to me, more so than the surfaces. I hope I am wrong!
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Moderator
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I'm bothered both by the porosity and the (too thin) line weight of the lettering.
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
Maybe I'm missing something about the porous aspect. The coins I got in this lot are all absolutely filthy with dirt. The texture in the photo does look a bit porous, however in the hand it does not feel that way. At any rate, I'll be weighing this against my other known/good Peace dollars when I get home later today. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The "WE" in "In GOD WE" does not look right on obv. Just looks to high grade for the color to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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tpg22 nailed my first suspicion which was crude thin lettering in the motto. The word PEACE is bold while all other lettering seems a bit mushy. Color of the coin appears off like it was artificially aged. I am attaching photos of a genuine NGC-AU-55 coin for comparison. I believe the coin you have is counterfeit.   Edited by IndianGoldEagle
12/21/2012 4:32 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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26.7 according to my scale. My other Peace dollars say the same or similar. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If it is real you are in this cheap enough to cover the cost of sending it to NGC, ANACS or PCGS for grading. That will tell you for sure what you have. I wish you luck on your find.
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Valued Member
United States
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If you have a metal detector that of a decent quality it will tell you what kind of metal it is or if it has the right amount of silver in it. I have found several ebay counterfeits with mine and, it can't lie. |
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