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Valued Member
United States
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I just received my first CC from ebay today. Please help. Looking for a grade and need to make sure that I didn't pick up a fake. Thanks for the help.   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I would suggest you go over to VAMworld and compare yours to VAM7 and the variety not assigned. Both are far date positions as yours appears. You should, I believe, have a "spitting eagle" variety based on the date position.
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Valued Member
 United States
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The only problem is that there is no metal in front of the Eagles mouth. And it looks to me like it has a golden tint. It's not magnetic. My scale puts it at 26g. Mine only goes to even grams though. I'm just worried because I bought it cheap by most people's standards but a little costly for my budget.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I will say the reverse has an "unusual" wear pattern for my liking. I would say if you are not comfortable with it return it for a refund.
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Valued Member
United States
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I'll have better pics on a second. I had to break out the wife's camera.
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Valued Member
United States
252 Posts |
All in all I payed $40 for it so not a huge loss but with the government shutdown I'm just a bit tight right now.
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Pillar of the Community
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
252 Posts |
She has an awesome Macro lens. The Obverse does not look that harsh in hand.
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Valued Member
United States
252 Posts |
I can handle a cleaned coin, but not a fake.
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Valued Member
United States
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Yeah looks cleaned, $40 is still a GREAT deal!
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Valued Member
United States
252 Posts |
Oh I know that it is an awesome deal as long as it is real. That's my only fear is that it was too good of a deal. The good luck isn't with me very often.
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Valued Member
United States
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How often do you get such a golden tone to them. And predominatly on the raised surfaces vs the background?
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United States
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I believe that is a result of the cleaning.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
Your new pictures lead me to believe the coin is a fake. The 9 in the date is completely wrong.
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Valued Member
United States
252 Posts |
And what about the harsh crack near the R on the obverse? I'm still new to Morgan's as I'm too cheap to buy the nicer ones. I usually stick to the worn dimes and V nickels. Morgan's have always been one of my favorites though. |
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Posted 10/04/2013 2:09 pm
