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Edited by ray123
12/29/2012 2:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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looks like a cast fake, and a rather poorly done one at that. EDIT: The obverse pics somehow just transformed into a rather nice 1888 V nickel. Edited by Kefiroth
12/29/2012 1:43 pm
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Sorry in the original post I must have mixed up 2 V nickel photos, they are removed now. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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It is a replica and without being properly marked it is considered counterfeit.
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Pillar of the Community
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Most of the older copies of the early dollars will stick to a magnet. The more recent copies are less likely to. You want to examine the texture of the surfaces, color of the coin, look for a seam line along the edge on both sides of the coin, weight and diameter. Most of the fakes look like the color of the coin you have so that should be aa red flag right out of the gate. A real dollar of this period should have some color from the patina which comes from age and some mint luster protected by the letters and other devices on the coin provided the coin hasn't been cleaned. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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United States
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The graininess, the solid rim, and the childish lettering of E PLURIBUS UNUM give it away best.
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United States
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I took one look at the reverse of that 1799, knew it was fake immediately. Looks like a poorly done cast to me. The lettering also looks completely wrong, exactly how it would if it were a cast copy.
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Pillar of the Community
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The date style readily gives it away as bogus. Font is all wrong and incorrectly placed. Tooo bad.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Do I see reeding at the top of the first photo? If so, that would be the biggest indicator that the coin was fake. Regardless, it is still fake whether it is reeded or not.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Coins such as this one would never be sold as part of a large lot of mixed coins.
Still, if it can be had for less than the silver value, it may be worth keeping, just as an assistance to your education on how to identify fake coins.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I hope the rest of the coins are worth what you paid without this. This is definitely a counterfeit.
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Thnks for all the responses. By the way, it weighs 20.5 grams and it's magnetic. This was part of a lot of mixed U.S. and foreign coins. I bought the lot on ebay and this wasn't even listed. Interestingly I also found a number of counterfeit Lincoln pennies in that lot. Here is the link to the discussion about those pennies: https://goccf.com/t/137136I think I can now start my counterfeit collection :) |
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Still, if it can be had for less than the silver value, it may be worth keeping, Considering the silver value is probably zero, that would mean they would have to pay you to take it. |
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Posted 12/29/2012 1:45 pm
